Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

"It certainly seems as though it could stem back to 1624, which is 20 years before the great Battle of Nantwich," he said. He ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes Revolutionary War pension files and Civil War documents.

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

The Cozad-Bates house was not a stop on the Underground Railroad — it was a training ground for abolitionists.

George Washington was born in the Colony of Virginia on Feb. 22, 1732, and, within his lifetime, his birthday had become a ...

The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different ...