It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

Unpacking the logic of from's National Garden of American Heroes honoring figures from Christopher Columbus to Whitney ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

WINDOM — The Sons of Norway Stavanger Lodge 1-538 will host its next meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Cottonwood County Historical Society, 812 Fourth Ave., Windom.

When Abraham Lincoln sent out a call to arms, Falmouth men bravely responded. Most of these veterans are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. The public is invited to come hear ...

The white-leather gloves are stained with blood from the night the slain president wore them to the theater.

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

That government should do the things that individuals and markets can’t or won’t do. That’s not waste, fraud or abuse.

But by the end of the 19th century, the industrial social-economic order that tariffs helped foster were quite different from ...