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Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...
Rebecca Kinney left St. John Elementary School as a student 71 years ago. Years later she led an effort to restore it.
William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.
An annual Civil War re-enactment in Virginia was canceled Friday after participants shared worries over their safety following the recent violence in Charlottesville.
New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...
Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War battlefield map and our trusty metal detectors, we set off to explore forgotten sites of American history. What we uncovered blew us away - relics buried for over a ...
On today's episode: A European court finds Russia committed violations in Ukraine; Palestinians hope for peace with Israel; Philadelphia workers and the city reach a deal to end a strike; Virginia ...
Revolutionary War patriot and former Alexandrian citizen James Campbell was honored June 22 with a grave marking by the Colonel William Grayson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...