She may well be the most studied first lady in American history.  A highly educated young woman that road the ups and downs of a nation in crisis…

During the Civil War many families were split over the issue of slavery.  In some cases, brothers fought against each other on the battlefield.  It was a situation that hit close to home for none other than the president himself…

They might seem to be opposites.  A rural, self-educated farm boy and a formally educated, French speaking young lady.  But the two met and became a first family…

You can find several presidential homes devoted to the story of one of our country’s leaders.  But it’s more difficult to find a home devoted to a first lady…

When this journalist died, the president of the United States personally took to the airwaves to announce his death to the nation.  The beloved correspondent lives on through his writings…

When America sent troops to war during World War II, this man was there, alongside the infantry and reporting the role of the common man in winning a global conflict…

I must admit, I feel a kinship with the person we feature today.  For he too was a traveler of the American Countryside.  Someone who had a career this broadcaster can take a lesson or two from…

Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product.  Why was Jefferson grinding his teeth and not talking to his fellow delegates?

Thomas Jefferson took an important role in writing our Declaration of Independence, but most people don’t know he wasn’t even supposed to be in Philadelphia for the meeting that drafted the document…

Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails.  The cars may not be the same…but autos have been racing here since they day’s just after their invention…