Civil War myths both big and small persist to this day. LiveScience clears up a few.

The Williamsburg Battlefield Association wants to unify efforts to save and preserve core elements of Williamsburg’s ...

Many men in history are brought high by their ambitions, only to fall from their vices. Louis Wigfall, an attorney, legislator, and later U.S. senator from Texas, had many advantages ...

This map shows you. Filling in the blanks of your historical knowledge would probably be easier if you could readily ...

Both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the ...

The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country's founding and its War for ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year ...

The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role Black soldiers played in the Civil War. It features Lincoln-era photographs, letters, documents, and art. “With this exhibi ...

The idea of Canada or parts of Canada joining the United States has been a recurring theme in Canada’s history. This was ...

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...

An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction ...

A healthy nationalism requires functioning borders while it continually searches for the right formula to accept and include others.