A climate activist with a radical protest group smeared red paint on a Civil War exhibit honoring Black soldiers killed during a key 1863 battle.

After its earthen walls were wiped out by the construction of an oil terminal in the early 1900s, the landmark water battery that defended Gloucester Point during the Civil War passed rapidly from ...

Fort Reno offers nice views, but the Civil War traces are gone, and the greatest draw for a kid is searching for the seal marking the District’s highest point.

Object Details Author Harrison, Robert 1944-Notes ANAC copy 39088020232922 gift of Alcione Amos. Contents Foreword / by Phillipp Schofield -- Introduction -- Wartime Washington -- The Freedmen's ...

Fort Totten was constructed between 1861 and 1863 as part of the Northern defenses during the Civil War. The fort was named in honor of Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Chief Engineer in the U.S. Army ...