Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...

Even as the Civil War raged on, Union soldiers erected monuments to mark where they fought and where the fallen were buried.

Black Union soldiers who were part of the United States Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle near Simpsonville, ...

Here’s when Mother’s Day 2025 is, why the date changes each year and a quick breakdown of the origins of the holiday.

A bill that would have removed the tax exempt status to the J.E.B. Stuart Preservation Inc. site in Patrick County was vetoed ...

What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate? Brush up on its rich history and modern traditions. (And no, it's not Mexico's ...

Mother’s Day always falls on the second Sunday of May in the U.S. And if you're not paying attention to the calendar date, that's this weekend.

The all-student band performs across the Chicago area, and helps students at the high school reconnect with their Mexican roots, and music they may have heard in their homes growing up.

A New Orleans wine merchant and Black soldier, E. Arnold Bertonneau led the fight for Black men to have the right to vote.

Start your visit at the Hillsborough Visitors Center, housed in the historic Alexander Dickson House. This former Confederate headquarters during the Civil War now serves as the perfect launching pad ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed ...

The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist ...