Nine months ago, Azad said goodbye to his family and travelled 8,000 miles across the globe, where he swapped America’s rural ...

But Illinois, which sent scores of volunteers to fight in the Civil War, is not blameless in the history of slavery.

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

The question led Larson to violate his own vow of never writing about the Civil War. His latest book, “Demon of Unrest,” ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

South Carroll High School students will perform the classic play “Little Women,” set in a post-apocalyptic future ...

With the recent decline of his health, it seems unlikely that he will have the stamina to improve the situation.

South Sudan peace talks, previously held in neighboring Kenya, will resume under a directive from South Sudan's President ...