United States Colored Infantry Regiment, the only regiment of black troops formed in Illinois during the Civil War. A facsimile ...

A display commemorating Operation Iraqi Freedom is seen June 6, 2025, at the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Museum in Vilseck, Germany, ...

Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution ...

President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to rule through systematic intimidation. It has deep roots in American ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

A striking chestnut with his flaxen mane and tail, Stage Door Johnny's reign on the New York racing stage was brief but ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the ...

On June 1, the Libertyville Historical Society launched the “Liberty and Union Campaign to Restore the Wide Awakes Banner,” ...

Trading resumed on the Damascus Securities Exchange Monday after a six-month closure, as Syria’s new leaders attempt to shore up the country’s battered economy and ...

Glenn Smeltzer stood with pride in Westmoreland County Courthouse Square on Saturday as he and his son watched a ceremony a ...