When John Adams first met Abigail Smith, he wasn’t impressed. She was only fifteen years old, and he was eight years her senior. Besides, John had an interest in Hannah Quincy, about whom he wrote in his earliest diary, “That face, those eyes.” About...
Ashleigh Aitkin, Mayor of Anaheim, recently interviewed Mary Ann Carter and Erin Harkey at the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Harkey is the Chief Executive Officer of Americans for the Arts; Carter is Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has produced “America’s 250th Celebration for Business Playbook,” designed to help businesses, chambers of commerce and other organizations celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. According to the Foundation, businesses are...
In mid-August 1814, Secretary of State James Monroe, accompanied by a group of twenty-five cavalry men set out to assess whether British troops might attack the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. France and Britain were already at war when the United States...
During a time when the form of dress signaled wealth, linage and sophistication, gentlemen of status typically wore a three-piece ensemble consisting of a long fitted coat, waistcoat, and knee-breeches, crafted from fine wool, velvet, silk brocades or...
