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The story of Holt Collier, the bear guide for President Theodore Roosevelt on his famous 1902 Mississippi hunt.
It is always a pleasure for a museum to receive objects that can further explain the story of an artifact already in its collection. Years ago, before the Historical Society had even moved into its ...
The artist behind a new mural hopes to honor the many facets of the life of one of Jacksonville's Civil War heroes through his art. A new mural now hangs on the east side of 235 W. State St. The mural ...
Confederate cavalry commander, John Hunt Morgan, launched his first raid into Kentucky. According to Lowell H. Harrison’s The ...
Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...
Thong Vo's father fought with the South Vietnamese Army. After the war, his family was forced to live in a labor camp until they came to America. Today, he's a pharmacist for the U.S. Army in ...
The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins. War erupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum in April 2023 and sent millions searching for safety. The city was quickly captured by ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
By Neil Vigdor A Tennessee man with ties to several white ... Some were from the civil rights movement, an era intertwined with the center, which kept its most important archives at other places.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A heartfelt tribute was held Wednesday for 23 veterans from Middle Tennessee, marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Through the Honor Flight program ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — This week marks 50 years since the end of the controversial Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, the capital of South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese forces. Veterans ...