WASHINGTON (WHSV) - 236 years ago on Sept. 25, 1789, the first U.S. Congress approved 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them off to the states for ratification. Ten of those amendments were ...

Here are some universities within 50 miles of Washington, D.C. that made the top 100. Ranking: No. 7. Located just outside the DMV area in Baltimore, Md., the institution was founded in 1876. The ...

After Washington’s victory at the Battle of Trenton on Dec. 26, 1776, they fired three cannon volleys — one for the ...

Over 235 years ago on Sept. 24, 1789, President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act into law, establishing the federal ...

What happens when culinary curiosity meets historical preservation? You get a rich, aromatic chocolate pudding recipe that dates to 1764 ...

On Sept. 24, 1789, President George Washington announced his six nominees to make up the first Supreme Court of the United States.

On this day in 1789, President George Washington signed the Federal Judiciary Act into law, establishing the federal court ...

The President's House in Philadelphia educates visitors about Washington's ties to slavery and is a memorial to the people who were enslaved.

In 2005, the eye of Hurricane Rita made landfall at the Texas-Louisiana border. The Category 3 storm was responsible for more ...

A Montgomery County estate that briefly served as former President George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary ...