During the Navy's missing man flyover, a single jet breaks away from the formation and soars skyward. This symbolizes the departure of life from the ranks.

Donald Trump is beginning his second term with a lower approval rating than Joe Biden in his first two weeks in office.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

Maybe we don’t have the massive audience of a Jimmy Carter, but we can make a difference all the days of our lives if that is ...

Nixon would have to wait eight years to be sworn in as president, while his losing Democratic opponent — outgoing Vice ...

Revisiting Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 inauguration, from the vantage point of George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration.

The earliest reference to flying half staff dates all the way back to the 17th century but the gesture wasn’t put into law until 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower using is it as a sign for grief and ...

The American flag and state flags were lowered to half-staff to recognize former President Jimmy Carter who died Dec ... president dates to President Dwight Eisenhower 70 years ago.

The American flag and state flags were lowered to half-staff to recognize former President Jimmy Carter who died Dec ... president dates to President Dwight Eisenhower 70 years ago.

In a statement issued Dec. 29, Biden ordered flags across the U.S. to be flown at half-staff "in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr." and as "an expression of ...