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Brian Maloney remembers taking family road trips to Gettysburg and Fort Sumter and other historical sites, but never realized ...
Green Bluff's Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate soldiers traded ...
Here, for Memorial Day, are some titles worth checking out: ...
There are some unique war memorials in New Hampshire -- each with an important story to tell. We start our journey off the beaten path at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown. This is a destination for ...
He is now an avid collector and local Civil War historian ... following in the footsteps of soldiers,” he said. “Most of the stuff I’ve found was days away from being covered with asphalt ...
you can still see three of those pre-Civil War homes. The National Parks Service’s self-guided walking tour brochure explains much of its history. An actors portraying a Union Army soldier takes ...
Here’s a thoughtful list of meaningful places where you can pay your respects to Black military personnel this Memorial Day ...
In 1936, as Spain descended into a bloody civil war, the left-wing Republican side ... They went illegally. They stowed away [on ships]," Samaras explains. Among the Australians who travelled ...
During the Civil War, soldiers often relied on homemade or commercially ... Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776 and the 9-mile walk to Trenton, ending with the first victory of the American ...
Boston’s Museum of African American History has transported people to the past, letting visitors to a 200-year-old meeting ...
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...
The quiet charm of Boalsburg has deep roots in American Civil War history. Tucked in the shadow of Mount Nittany, this small ...