While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union messages and funding the Union army with gold.

Today, his memory lives on in Golden Gate Park in the form of a statue dedicated in 1892 by Daniel Chester French, the sculptor behind the iconic Lincoln Memorial Statue. Another famous Starr King ...

The Concord Minute Men, rehearsing for the 250th celebration, march by the Minute Man Statue sculpted by Daniel Chester French near the Old North Bridge. (Courtesy Cloe Axelson) Scott Evans ...

If you can only admire the capitol from the outside, pay attention to the dome, which rises more than 200 feet and features a bronze Daniel Chester French statue (French is best known for ...

If you can only admire the capitol from the outside, pay attention to the dome, which rises more than 200 feet and features a bronze Daniel Chester French statue (French is best known for ...

Near Concord’s North Bridge, the Minute Man Statue by sculptor Daniel Chester French represents the citizen soldier of 1775. It’s an image that has become a symbol of patriotism and the American ...

The Lincoln Memorial required extraordinary engineering to stand on former marshland. Builders installed 122 enormous ...