In the next 56 minutes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of the Civil War, slavery, and of Frederick Douglas, offered a ...

She found her purpose late in life and accomplished many things in 15 years. Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts, was ...

Sierra Nevada has developed a simple but effective air defense system that a single person can set up and break down in ...

Brigadier Gen. Joe Shelby, renowned for his Missouri cavalry raid in 1863 where his “Iron Brigade," of Missouri volunteers ...

Douglas Branson, author of "Washington's Lieutenants," talked about the leadership structure of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Discover the legacy of Walter O. Hargrave, a Civil War veteran honored by the Ripon Historical Society, and explore his ...

Local kids, if you’re bored over your Thanksgiving break, the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has ...

Starved of supplies, outmaneuvered on the battlefield, and crumbling from within, the Confederacy’s final collapse was swift ...

In 1857, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, upheld slavery, and stands as one of the Court's ...

In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President as he defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.

This week, the Lumbee Tribe stood forward with near total support from U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump, who ...

A bronze statue of Capt. Sally Tompkins, the Mathews County native who operated Robertson Hospital in Richmond during the ...