President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will share that and other stories of the Northwest Indiana's contribution to the Civil War this weekend. “The Civil War Comes to Northwest Indiana” will take ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Bellamy Mansion was built between 1859 and 1861. The mansion was built by free and enslaved African Americans. William B. Gould, a veteran of the American Civil War, was ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday changed the name of the country's largest military base back to Fort Bragg, undoing a change that dropped the moniker ...

The most consequential of Trump's three victories at the court last year was a ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice ...

We are highlighting the history of African Americans in Colorado and how they shaped our past. We looked at the city's ...