Also in 1976: The Great Ape House, which included six indoor habitats and a nursery plus an outdoor habitat, opened at ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Bank of America is offering free general admission entry to five Chicago area museums this weekend for its cardholders. As part of their Museums on Us campaign, the offer is valid on ...

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, ...

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

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

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

National Museum of Public Housing leaders hope visitors see there’s more to life in public housing than what's on the news.

Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson echoes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning and highlights President Donald Trump’s ...

The National Civil War Museum, located at One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a permanent, nonprofit educational institution created to promote the preservation of ...

You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t ...

Many of those who came out on Monday to honor those who died while serving our country told ABC7 there is a value in sharing ...