A date that speaks of freedom delayed. On that day, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced what should have already been a reality. The Emancipation Proclamation, ...

Artists and writers from around the world have conveyed black people’s struggles, triumphs and contributions to American ...

Culinary Specialist Seaman Sergio Valoura was discovered by NCIS and LAPD in Glendale, California, after he walked away from ...

A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.

Juneteenth marks a pivotal part of our nation's history.For a local family, it's also a time to reflect on their past: the journey of their enslaved ancestors and the success that followed."My ...

Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., is celebrated with numerous events across the Lower Hudson Valley.

USS Abraham Lincoln on Guam for a port visit on March 2, 2022. PDN file photo; In a joint press release, Cape and IT&E said the USS Abraham Lincoln was able to attain 4G/5G data connections up to ...

USS Abraham Lincoln on Guam for a port visit on March 2, 2022. PDN file photo; Navy crew members pose in front of USS Abraham Lincoln on March 2, 2022.

On April 26, 1865, Edward P. Doherty, one of the unheralded heroes of Irish American history, tracked down and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Most people will know the name ...

U.S. sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it arrives for a scheduled port visit at Naval Station Mayport, Florida on Aug. 4, 2012.

PORT ROYAL, Va. — Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic 1865 visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port Royal, Virginia. At the end of the Civil War ...