Tucked away in one of the many rural cubbyholes of southern Oneida County is an unassuming burial ground known simply as Amos ...

Juneteenth, a federal and state holiday, is celebrated as America’s second Independence Day. While slavery ended for some with the President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, the ...

The USNS Harvey Milk, named for the openly gay Navy veteran who served in the Korean War, is making headlines. This ...

A Yorktown man was arrested after allegedly engaging in sexually explicit communication with a minor, according to police.

Yorktown will look back at a pivotal moment in Virginia’s history this weekend as it commemorates Lord Dunmore.

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Ken Burns needs no introduction. As the designated documentarian of the American experience — with series about the Civil War ...

In his new role, Chris Brown hopes that the breadth of Civil War Trail’s interpretation will grow and develop over time.

Point Comfort with Fort Monroe is a world landmark to emancipation, author and Fort Monroe advocate Steven T. Corneliussen ...

The U.S. government's list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” that includes hundreds of communities, both red and blue, is ...

Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because ...