The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution ...

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

President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to rule through systematic intimidation. It has deep roots in American ...

The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has ...

It is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes to attack arts and ideas, seeking to shut theaters and other “dangerous” places ...

On June 1, the Libertyville Historical Society launched the “Liberty and Union Campaign to Restore the Wide Awakes Banner,” ...

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

A striking chestnut with his flaxen mane and tail, Stage Door Johnny's reign on the New York racing stage was brief but ...

On May 21, Sarah Milgram and Yaron Lischinsky were brutally murdered in an antisemitic attack outside the Capital Jewish ...

Bates helped establish the Nicodemus Historical Society in 1986. The significance of Nicodemus was becoming recognized ...

The Battery Atlanta is an enticing blueprint for teams. But creating an entire neighborhood is a hard act to follow.