Since my childhood, the US has changed in ways that concern me, but today, I'm honoring the values I learned then with hot ...

More than 4,000 guests streamed through the gates carrying their heirlooms, curiosities and long-held questions. The hope: to ...

The nation’s capital is a must-visit destination for those looking to immerse themselves in American history and pride.

Answers 1. D. The area that became West Virginia during the Civil War was originally part of the Virginia colony. 2. A. Vermont, which was briefly its own republic, joined the union in 1791. 3. D.

Trump allies insisted he respects judicial orders that his predecessors have often ignored them. From Jefferson to Nixon, ...

Does Donald Trump have the power to suspend a foundational legal right to challenge a person’s arrest and detention? Americans have long debated whether the president or Congress can do this.

Author Washington Irving reprinted it in Philadelphia’s The Analectic Magazine in November 1814. In 1861, Oliver Wendell ...

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For Fort Willard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dug ditches and piled up dirt to form the fort’s 20-foot walls, mounds still visible today, a little scrap of history that has survived 158 years ...

Fort Hood was changed to Fort Cavazos in honor of Gen. Richard Cavazos, the Army’s first Hispanic four-star, who served in the Korean War and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.

Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.