Momentum has been building in Illinois to research the state’s extensive Underground Railroad sites and decide how to ...

A new exhibit transports guests back to the Civil War era, taking a look at the role of the region's railroads during and ...

For generations, Cleveland residents glancing at a Bavarian-style brick structure while driving on Linden Avenue have ...

Franklin County historian Mike Marotte dives in to the history of the Cumberland Valley Railroad and the bridges built to ...

A plaque honoring famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled Monday in the area near her birthplace on the Eastern Shore, Maryland officials announced in a ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War.

California Gov. Newsom has called Trump a bald-faced liar and said he wants to start a civil war over his immigration policies.

BELLEFONTE — This weekend, the echoes of muskets and the stirring words of Lincoln will ring out in Bellefonte as the borough hosts its first-ever Civil War Weekend. Set in the hometown of ...

McGrath’s family history with railroads goes back to the Civil War. Two of his ancestors worked on the nation’s first transcontinental railroad, which was built in the 1860s.

A new app, the Freedom Journey App, has been launched to highlight key figures and locations along the path of the Underground Railroad.