War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...

Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for African Americans, comes this year amidst diminishing respect for the ...

Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions ...

A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...

Juneteenth was commemorated across the country on Thursday, including in Boston at Roxbury Heritage State Park.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the ...

Riverfest celebration along — and on — the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville rolls on this weekend. Kicking ...

A new sign memorializing the service of the 123 enlistees in the United States Colored Troops Union Army from Breckinridge ...