For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...

Florida legally observes Confederate Memorial Day, along with the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, but these ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often divided between Patriots — pushing for American independence from Great ...

The report tracks both the protection and removal of Confederate memorials located in public spaces, schools, street names ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

From the founding of the country, the various states of the United States have had rivalries. Of course, we all know these ...

The Coosaw Sea Island Cotton Heritage Preserve is one of the few sites in the region that contains visible markers of sea ...