When President Ronald Reagan was in surgery after being shot, Al Haig, his secretary of state, went on television and announced, “I’m in charge.” This occasioned some disbelief and merriment, and not ...

A new display aims to lay to rest the stereotype of dour and black-clad 17th Century Roundheads, in contrast to their silk and lace-wearing Cavalier enemies. The exhibition is at the Cromwell Museum ...

Of this picture, the well-qualified critic of the N.Y. Courier & Enquirer remarks:--"It is admirable as a composition, and full of lifelike and startling contrasts, presenting a scene in the civil war ...