Potomac Landing Elementary School Principal Richard Mosby and fifth grader Jacob Baxter, 10, smile as they pose in front of a collection of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books.

The slender, worn 19th-century diary of a clockmaker’s daughter may soon become the basis for a high school textbook. Gail Leach of Bristol has asked the library board for permission to publi… ...

The 240-year-old journal of John Claypoole, a Revolutionary War POW and later the third husband of Betsy Ross, sheds light on the flagmaker's devotion to independence.