Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...

June 19th to begin steps toward grand opening of new museum By Hazel Trice Edney Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday ...

The American Civil War marked a major turning point in the history of the United States. Less than a century after it was officially founded, the U.S. was at risk of becoming two different countries, ...

Heather Khalifa for The New York Times The Education Department has not always determined that Native American mascots violate civil rights, especially if investigators do not identify harm to ...

Dillard University President Monique Guillory said at a news conference Wednesday that the memorial will be “about confronting a dark chapter in medical and scientific history while choosing a ...

The SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT, situated on the southeast quadrant of Cleveland's PUBLIC SQUARE, is the city's major CIVIL WAR memorial. Designed by LEVI T. SCOFIELD, the monument was dedicated ...

William Cullen, an officer with the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment, died in the Battle of Antietam Creek during the Civil War on ... of the first American casualties in the North African Campaign.

This decision, which will terminate their legal status in less than a month, is a betrayal not only of American values and the Afghans themselves, but also of a generation of American combat veterans.

Dozens of people who hadn't even heard of Civil War veteran John Weigel until today honoring his memory and his family. The first of its kind in Westmoreland County, *** Memorial Day ceremony for ...

GREEN BLUFF, Wash. — Civil War history came alive at Siemers Farm in Green Bluff this Memorial Day weekend as reenactors created an educational experience connecting visitors to the holiday's ...

Organizers believe these memorials are important so future generations do not forget Idaho's place in American history, and so we learn the lessons of the past. Following the Civil War, Memorial Day ...

(AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that ... The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate ...