Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
On a recent visit to the rural area where the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor was born enslaved in 1822, ...
"The American Revolution" is a sweeping, six-part PBS docuseries that feels like a confrontation of how America's founding ideals were born ...
The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...
Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing ...
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...
Professional historian and educator Kathy Wilson presented a program on Thursday at the Marshalltown Public Library entitled, ...
More than five years after it was vandalized and removed, the pedestal that formerly held a bronze statue intended to commemorate Colorado’s role in the Civil War has been taken away from the west ...
Invictus Theatre is cementing a reputation as the home of epic American drama, staging Marcus Gardley’s drama about slavery, marriage and liberty.
Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...
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