The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, making it accessible for residents throughout Maryland and the DC metro area. Admission is ...

Forest Lawn is the perfect place for peaceful ... Franklin has its own storied past, being the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the American Civil War. Named for Benjamin Franklin, one of the ...

That’s what happens at Gold Head Branch State Park. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, this park is like stepping back in time. The wooden boardwalks take you through ravines that ...

I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I’ve known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of World War II European ...

The Trump administration announced its intention earlier this week to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Policy, also known as the “Roadless Rule,” which restricts road-building, logging, and ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War. Ken Burns, Ric Burns ... D.C. and so I realized this was the central event in American history. I was ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd ...

Visitors at Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park were given a look into local history during the park’s first-ever Civil War ...

The Austrian Model 1854 Lorenz rifle musket, designed by Lt. Joseph Lorenz around 1852, saw use in numerous European ...

Indianapolis celebrates Juneteenth while honoring local Black history and navigating political tensions around diversity.

A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.

Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to thousands of archival photographs, paintings and newspaper images set to music to teach people about the Civil War. A number of well-known actors ...