Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...

"It felt like we were doing right for someone who otherwise would have been lost to history." For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in ...

Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

MITCHELL — Hundreds of veterans, their friends and their families gathered at the Davison County Fairgrounds Monday during ...

Millions of words have been written about the American Civil War and there is nothing particularly new here ... Put simply, ...

The American Battlefield Trust will receive ... and families to visit and learn about the role Virginia played in Civil War history. The General Assembly established the battlefields fund in ...

A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard on Monday in recognition ...