The Haywood County America 250 NC committee is asking for the community’s support with a unique and meaningful project to ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

July 4, 1776 wasn't when the Declaration was signed, despite what the ending of "1776" would have you believe.