Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Object Details Author Varon, Elizabeth R. 1963- Subject Lee, Robert E (Robert Edward) 1807-1870 Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Contents No Escape -- Councils of War -- The Surrender ...

[LEXINGTON] Washington and Lee University has received a collection of 29 vintage prints and original graphics depicting Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

The last surviving great-grandson of Ulysses S. Grant has died in a southwest Missouri home brimming with artifacts from the nation's 18th president and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War.

Former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries remembered former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel’s sharp wit, relentless advocacy for Harlem and ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa got engaged during the season 29 finale of ‘The Bachelor,’ which aired in March ...

The mass, held at the historic St. Patrick's Cathedral, came a day after Rangel's body lay in state at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to only a handful of political figures.