Tennessee honors its proud legacy of service this Independence Day, celebrating the Volunteer spirit from Revolution to ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

Minnesota is honoring the golden retriever named Gilbert belonging to a state lawmaker and her husband who were shot to death ...

Heritage Auctions Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee.

The flag of Mexico has become ubiquitous on the streets of America as a protest symbol against Donald Trump and his government’s immigration policies. Which makes sense given that many people in Texas ...

LANSING, MI - From disability rights to Enbridge’s Line 5 to the war in Gaza, speakers at the Lansing “No Kings” protest covered plenty of ground. The protest, part of a nationwide demonstration ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the United States on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and small towns, ...

Today’s events are another step in an ongoing effort to turn the U.S. military into a partisan—and personal—instrument of the ...

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago this month, on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.

As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President ...

After massive turnouts last weekend for “No Kings” democracy protests, activists opposed to President Donald Trump are ...