How much do you know about President Martin Van Buren? Chances are, not much. The eighth president of the United States, who served from 1837 - 1841, does not usually get Mount Rushmore-level ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The first president born a U.S. citizen rather than a British subject, Martin Van Buren was known as the “Little ...

The American republic began in 1789, but it took a while for leaders and voters alike to organize themselves within a national framework, a process that would transform the nature of politics. Mass ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but nearly every taxi driver or street vendor in the world understands one word made famous during a raucous U.S.

An ornate ballroom so huge it would make the White House look like an attached garage. A paved-over Rose Garden lawn. Glittering gold picture frames in the Oval Office. And a $400 million plane from ...