One might well wonder why an inland city was selected as the site of a Civil War naval museum. The answer is twofold.

The college, first established in 1879, has undergone several name changes throughout its history in Louisville.

The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History has moved its Camilla Williams exhibit into the former bedroom where Confederate ...

My grandfather was born in 1790,” Mr. Tyler said in a 2012 interview. “My father was born in 1853. And I was born in 1928.” ...

Although Waterloo, New York, is officially recognized as the origin of Memorial Day, a city in Pennsylvania claims to be the birthplace of the historic holiday. Many communities have made ...

Some families have celebrated Juneteenth for generations while some people are less familiar with it. The purpose of this ...

Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...

Dick's 1962 novel "The Man in the High Castle" is set in an alternate timeline where an assassin ... the results and America fell into a dark civil war. Some of the screenshots feel so real ...

While the practice of preserving bodies can be traced back thousands of years to ancient civilizations like the Egyptians, American embalming developed as a distinct tradition during the 19th century, ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

Memorial Day originally honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865). The holiday now honors those who died in any war while serving with the United States. It is also called ...