The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

Vicksburg National Military Park is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key monument and removing a building that ...

This historic site in New York City is the largest mausoleum in North America and is the beautiful final resting place of a ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary next year of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War ...

Politics comes at you fast, so if you’re making election law changes based on short-term interests, you might end up screwing yourself,” Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg told Radio IQ.

This nation did not become great because it was perfect; it became great because Americans recognized their imperfections as ...

Vote for the best presidential attraction once per day until polls close on August 14 at noon ET. The 10 winners will be ...

Mathew Brady, known as the father of photojournalism for his documentation of the Civil War, also won acclaim for nuanced portraits of famous figures.

Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

TROY – In full Union Army dress and speaking as if straight from the 19th century, living historian Kenneth J. Serfass ...

While the U.S. presidency often keeps commanders-in-chief anchored in Washington DC, history shows that several have made visits to St. Louis over the years, whether for official duties, campaign ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...