As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

And on June 10, 2006, the soldiers were buried with full military honors in the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod. It was an authentic re-enactment of a burial from the Civil War period.

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A Massachusetts state lawmaker has been missing in action and out of contact since being federally indicted on fraud charges in April, prompting his entire district to call ...

School – and the federal government's role in it – has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created.

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three ...

Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

New historic marker honors Black Union soldier who escaped slavery, became a state delegate The new Civil War Trails sign on the Eastern Shore dedicates Peter Jacob Carter. The sign’s origins ...

Bill Lohmann Apr 28, 2013 0 Four children of Civil War soldiers (clockwise, from top left): Mildred Hammock Adkins, Isabelle Hammock Hodges, Calvin Robertson Crane, Hazel Mason Jeter Bill Lohmann ...