Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...
From its early indigenous cultures to European settlement and its role in pivotal moments like the Civil War and the Civil ...
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When Grace Humphreys Rockafellow, 86,  was invited to participate in a reading of African American Literature, Renee Andrews, ...
Our 46 Heads of State all had interactions with the Jewish community – positive and negative, historic and bizarre ...
One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...
On July 4, 1776, the hallowed Founding Fathers declared America’s independence. However, the only beneficiaries were white ...
A new exhibit is celebrating a milestone for a historic submarine in Charleston.The Tools and Tides exhibit is in full swing ...
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
He renamed Fort Liberty not for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, its original namesake, but for an obscure World War II private ... including the loss of Atlanta to Union forces in 1864.