In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Students spent a week touring Underground Railroad sites in Camden and Lawnside and taking photographs to learn about the ...

NEW ON FIVE HOLLYWOOD STAR KURT RUSSELL PAYING A VISIT TO MASSACHUSETTS THIS 4TH OF JULY. IT TURNS OUT HIS FAMILY HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. OUR SERA CONGI CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, ...

The Two Mississippi Museums honored civil rights activist Medgar Evers on what would have been his 100th birthday. The museums, located in in Jackson, allowed people in the community to come and enjoy ...

On Thursday, Samuel H. Bogenrief, a farrier with the 17th Illinois Calvary during the Civil War, received a proper farewell.

December, members of Walla Walla’s Chapter NW-021 of the Reserve Organization of America and Twin W Composite Squadron, Civil ...

In southeast Washington D.C. is a more-than two-century-old cemetery where members of Congress who died while in office are buried. It's also home to a little-known final resting place for some ...

Here’s a look at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Facts Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other ...

(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery) Fewer than 10 people from Darrell’s 132-man company survived the war, and he was one of them.

The Brief Darrell and Dorothy Bush were familiar faces at Arlington National Cemetery, attending annual Battle of the Bulge ceremonies to honor Darrell’s service in World War II. On June 5, they ...