By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

In 1940, Germany invaded Norway and Denmark. Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels blamed Britain for the invasion, ...

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

After decades in the works, construction of a new home for the Galena & U.S. Grant Museum is finally under way.

Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is commemorating the 160th anniversary of the victory of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S.