Join the National Park Service and Raising the Shade from 12:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 15, at Booker T. Washington National Monument. A free seminar will take place ...

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...

One of the most interesting Prisoners of War taken by the Allied powers was a Korean soldier that served in the German ...

George Templeton’s Strong’s journal traces a changing world—and his changing mind—throughout the crisis of the Civil War.

On April 17 and 18, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall will host its annual Civil War symposium. In its seventh ...

An exhibition, “Threads of Conflict: Echoes of the Civil War,” will open at the Allen County Museum on January 25 and run to ...

When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon ...

As communities across the country prepare Monday to host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of ...

Nearly 60 years after King’s death, civil rights leaders say Trump is forcing the movement to reinvent itself again as ...

Two Pottsville militia units, Washington Artillerists and National Light Infantry, were among the First Defenders to answer ...

During a talk in Palm Beach, filmmaker Ken Burns discussed the ideas behind the U.S. Revolutionary War, the subject of his latest docuseries.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 4, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. There’s also another major historical anniversary ...