Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Pianist David Crohan will entertain during the Lighthouse Central Florida Puttin' on the Ritz gala, which takes place this Saturday. The gala raises funds for vision-rehabilitation services that Lighthouse provides to children and adults in Central...

Photograph by Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times July 15, 1960: Preceded by photographers, John F. Kennedy leads his entourage into the Coliseum. I believe the fellow in the lower left is Stanley Tretick, who frequently photographed Kennedy. Los Angeles...

Paul Revere was captured on April 18, 1775, before he could warn the residents of Concord, Mass., that the British were coming. (He did make it to Lexington, Mass.) No Revolutionary War battle was ever fought at Valley Forge, Pa., even though Gen. George...

Genevieve Hansen, formerly of Cheboygan passed away on June 3, 2012, at the age of 94. She was surrounded by her loving family and the caring staff of Halifax Volusia Hospice of Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband, Don (1971), also a...

1867: President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. 1944: During World War II, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his...

Did you know? - Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher honeymooned at The Greenbrier in 1955. - Princess Grace and Prince Rainier visited The Greenbrier with their children in 1963. - General Dwight D. Eisenhower with a bronze casting of his bust in The...

BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the United States' oldest cities. It is home to historical sites and with 50 colleges and universities in the area it has a lively, youthful feel. Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help...

Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who gave birth to three of her four daughters at home, writes about the advantages of home births in The Atlantic. Home births are a less expensive and more personal option for some mothers, she writes. "Each...

Three Kennedys have run for president, and the last of them died Tuesday. Is the myth of Camelot gone with the death of Edward "Ted" Kennedy? Too soon to say. Chris Kennedy chose not to seek a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois but was named last week to...

Rose Kennedy was a woman who took a special interest in what her granddaughters wore and how they wore it, her granddaughter Caroline says in her recently published poetry anthology. At a lunch on Wednesday, Caroline Kennedy described the time she and...