Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the slaves would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863.

In summary, despite caveats about details of the ownership of the flag and the precise terminology used to describe it, the ...

Gun-related deaths and mass shootings have risen nearly every year since 2014, and some states are approving gun safety laws ...

Water on the final five holes of Royal Montreal’s Blue Course presents the opportunity for top pros to splash balls and sink ...

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: OPINION: This New York lesson from the Revolution ...

Francis Bellamy first penned it in 1892. In my years as a student, I learned it and recited it approximately 2,000 times. In my 34 years as a history teacher at Lake Shore Central, I started the day ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate monument that was removed from a courthouse square in Mississippi will remain in storage ...

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) stopped by Poyen Elementary on Sept. 17 to help Mrs. Boyd’s First grade Class ...

MIA Recognition Day. For Vietnam War veteran Alan Micklin, POW-MIA flags should be flying from every flag pole.

“The board encourages patriotic exercises which include, but will not be limited to, the United States of America’s National ...

In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the United States of America flag and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag ...

Throughout the relatively short history of the US, it’s become a tradition that presidents have their coffins draped in the ...