The secretary of state is a state-level position in 47 of the 50 states. The position does not exist in Alaska, Hawaii and Utah.In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the office is called the ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Newsweek compared the number of U.S. holidays with the rest of the world after President Donald Trump said there were "too many." ...

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and ...

Dozens of participants marched in Kittery and walked over the Memorial Bridge to Portsmouth's African Burying Ground on ...

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Sources Publisher Washington : National Archives and Records ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to know.

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in ...

Racial justice remained a pressing human rights concern in the United States in 2024. The US ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination nearly ...

Air quality alerts remain in effect June 6 for Southeast Michigan 00:54. An air quality map shows conditions improving across the United States on Friday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires ...

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