Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in ...

Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Biden is the first to write a letter to ...

A look at the history of presidential letters and whether President Biden will continue the tradition by writing a note for ...

The inauguration of the president hasn't always happened in Washington — or in January. Here's how inaugurations have changed ...

In a departure from tradition, President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated inside the Capitol Rotunda due to cold weather, marking the first such indoor ceremony in four decades since Ronald ...

WTOP spoke to presidential historian Paul Brandus about some of the chilliest car rides some presidents have shared on Inauguration Day.

They include George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, John Adams, Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter, who recently died at 100. A look at some traditional — as well as a few decidedly less ...