The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office recently announced a donation of two new cemetery markers to honor Afro-Union Civil War ...

A 141.6-acre property in northeastern Frederick County that lies within the core battle areas of three major Civil War battlefields was permanently protected through a conservation easement last month ...

A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones.

The Army’s 250th birthday is June 14, 2025, and since 1775 the Army's motto is “This We’ll Defend”. For 250 years, Army ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, ...

Among the Black figures who changed history in America, Frederick Douglass emerged as a beacon of defiance and intellect. It’s […] ...

Following the Civil ... in Frederick, the daughter of Attorney General John Nelson, appointed during President Tyler’s administration. Mary met Alexander Neill Jr., a member of the Maryland ...

Explore Frederick's important role in the history of medicine. Frederick, Maryland, played a vital role during the Civil War, serving as a key medical hub for wounded soldiers from the battles of ...

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United States Colored Troops returned to Talbot County, on Maryland’s Eastern ... you could also free you.” Frederick Douglass (who once worked at ...

The latest victim of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders appears to be Frederick Douglass ... recruiting Black soldiers for the Civil War, becoming an advisor to Abraham Lincoln, and ...

A new boutique hotel with quite a history is opening this week in Frederick, Maryland ... the school had its auditorium and which was used as a hospital during the Civil War—is available for rental as ...

When the Civil War ended in 1865 it was time for the healing ... Shenifield, Alexander Stewart, John Stewart, Wilson Stuart and Frederick Watts Known as G.A. R. Colonel Peter B.