Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

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America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s origins?

In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority ruled the 1849 law had been "impliedly repealed" by changes ...

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

Attendees gathered at the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center (SRMEC) Monday for a dinner and the official launch of ...

The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer ...

Before there was Oprah Winfrey, there was Madam C.J. Walker. The daughter of former slaves, Walker grew up an orphan toiling in the cotton fields of the segregated South. A widow and single mother by ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

At that time, while men were also still doing a lot of the jobs in the home, during this period of great industrialization and leading into the post-Civil War era, where we start to see a lot more ...

With the Spanish Civil War, we followed a policy of non-intervention." This meant the difficulties for these Australians started long before the battlefield. "They went under false names.

The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded its Women at War exhibit. The display highlights the essential contributions of women during the war, both on and off the battlefield.