The Greatest Showman, now in theaters, tells the unbelievable true story of circus-founder P.T. Barnum (played by Hugh Jackman). Many events from the movie are based on U.S. history from the mid-19th ...
The travelling circus came to the seaside town twice in the late 1800's.
Circus folk never bid each other “goodbye,” according to tradition. At the end of each show, when scaffoldings are dismantled and animals and performers board the mile-long trains they call home, ...
P.T. Barnum built an empire on spectacle—but one of his most quoted lines reveals a surprisingly grounded philosophy about ...
Reporting from Ellenton, Fla. — After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told the Associated Press that ...
Check out photos from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' finale performances, at NYCB Live's Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, May 21, 2017, and take a look back at historic photos ...