For 21st century Frederick, Maryland leaders, $200,000 doesn’t sound like much, but as the Civil War was winding down in the summer of 1864, that was a king’s r ...

The USS Robert Smalls will be replaced by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin.

Pamphlets, booklets and activities educating children on history and science in national parks have come under review as the ...

Workers have removed the 1885 painting “Peace in Union” from the wall of the Galena and U.S. Grant Museum for the first time in 88 years.

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For decades, he wrote a syndicated column in The Washington Post promoting nonviolence. That became the subject of a course ...

Eight hundred Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment will once again lead the ...

John C. Calhoun was SC's most consequential politician and on the wrong side of history. Even by 19th century standards, he was a notorious white supremacist.

With picturesque views, plenty of opportunities for hiking, and even a small slice of the Appalachian Trail, this state park ...

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall could easily be mistaken by the unfamiliar tourist for a religious shrine of preeminent sanctity. Massive and tastefully ornate, it sits within a sprawling square of ...

On March 13, 1865, with the main Rebel armies facing long odds against much larger Union armies, the Confederacy reluctantly approved the use of Black troops.