The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought. By James Barron President Biden may owe his place in the top third to his ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

The flag of Mexico has become ubiquitous on the streets of America as a protest symbol against Donald Trump and his government’s immigration policies. Which makes sense given that many people in Texas ...

Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...

In May 1865, the national government threw itself a parade. It had been more than a month since the rebellion in defense of ...

After more than two years under scaffolding, the more than 130-year-old Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army ...

At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the South. In outright defiance of the ...

The President’s use of armed forces in American cities is debatably in conflict with the principles his predecessors have ...

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will not ...

Many Americans are getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. To pass safely, Confederate officer Capt. R. M. Sims carried a fringed white dish towel with three thin red stripes running across the bottom. In April 1865, the flag paved ...