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The American people can come together to work toward a more perfect union. If that sounds impossible, consider how impossible ...
President Donald Trump on Monday said he finalized a trade agreement with the United Kingdom, first announced in May, that is ...
Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...
The first sentence of the 14th Amendment, passed by Congress a year after the Civil War, is the Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...
With nothing planned at Locust Hill African Cemetery for the 160th anniversary of the end to the Civil War, not that such a milestone needs excessive acknowledgment, a woman friend brought her two ...
There are many misconceptions about Florida's history, including the state's stance on, or involvement in, the Civil War — which officially began April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened ...
PITTSBURGH–As the Civil War was raging, thousands of American readers would wait to get news on the conflict every seven days from Harper’s Weekly, then the most widely-read periodical in the United ...
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — The SS United States, built more than 70 years ago, is being towed from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, to become the world's largest artificial reef.
Civil War Toll Much Worse in Confederate States, New Estimates Show An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.
Kraus will speak about “The Role of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania in the Civil War” from 10:15 to approximately 11:30 a.m. Nov. 23 at the library, 4015 Dickey Road, Richland.
The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table, founded in 1987, hosts in-person programs at the A.K. Smiley Public Library and virtual presentations each month, all open to the public.
In other words, bad things don’t happen here —they happen there. Barbara F. Walter wants Americans to know awful things can happen in the United States, too.