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The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...
At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...
A downtown monument has been updated with the names of 30 Black soldiers from Jacksonville who fought for the Union.
Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...
The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...
The Freedom Trail, a collection of historical sites, takes visitors along the journey of emancipation in the state. The New ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.
Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...
The legacy of Black Civil War soldiers should never be forgotten. "Four regiments that were trained here at Camp William Penn were sent to Texas when the war came to an end," Paradis said.
Learn the history and meaning behind the Civil War anthem with full John Brown's Body lyrics and understand its impact on ...