William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

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People this famous would never let you anywhere near their houses when they were alive, but now you can walk right inside!

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were released but a Randolph County native was executed.

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...

David Adickes, the artist best known for his Texas-sized sculptures of presidential busts and historical figures, died on ...

"Born on a mountain top in Tennessee ..." The statue of Davy Crockett is a gift to Neenah from businessman John Bergstrom.

Since a famous meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin, produced the Republican Party, all attempts at a major alternative political part ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

From Louisville to Versailles, the French influence still echoes in the names of Kentucky cities and counties today.

US President Donald Trump has praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking "good English" and asked him where he ...

Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809, from Harper's Weekly, November 10, 1860 Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery ...