George Washington's first inauguration was supposed to happen on March 4, 1789—but Congress couldn't count the votes in time. When the ceremony finally took...
What if getting married meant you legally ceased to exist? In early America, that was reality. Under coverture laws, a wife couldn't own property,...
They had just escaped one king—the last thing America's founders wanted was to create another. In the sweltering summer of 1787, men gathered in...