Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

The battles, which resulted in the deaths of 49 American militia members, are considered the first of the Revolutionary War. Reenactments ... institutions and civil liberties while undermining ...

Along the way, Rienzi became so famous ... war effort. Whatever its literary flaws, Read's poem captured one image indelibly — a powerful horse carrying a determined man into battle.

Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Harriet Taubman, Babe Ruth, blue crabs and Edgar Allen Poe are some of what Maryland is known for.

Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black volunteers ... their pay as a clothing allowance. A soldier in the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry wrote directly to Lincoln ...

Explore what Mississippi is famous for, from Delta Blues to Elvis Presley, and the warm culture of the Magnolia State.

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings ...

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands ...

Blake Lively was honored by TIME Magazine in their TIME 100 list — as one of the most influential people of the year — amid her messy public legal battle ... was written by civil rights ...