When the sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor’s monument of Roosevelt was unveiled in Portland in 1922, the then-recently ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2025 with 55 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Neptune, ...

The Tony-winning play paints Abraham Lincoln's wife as a boozy aspiring actress, but how does history really remember her?

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In the span of 16 years in the back half of the 19th century, Americans watched as two of their presidents were struck down ...

America is readying to celebrate its 250th birthday and there’s no better time to get to know the history of the state of Nevada. Nevada officially became a part of the United States on Oct. 31, 1864 ...

Union Army reenactors march to their spot on the battlefield at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Sunday morning. The ...

The nation had already endured one presidential assassination, but this one felt different. Abraham Lincoln’s killing had ...

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NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces controversy after his filmmaker mother's 2013 comments saying he's "not ...

Sure, they came to America because of what it offered them: fame, fortune, opportunity, safety, and power. But these were mere one-directional benefits embraced by those who — as part of a substantial ...

In 1857, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, upheld slavery, and stands as one of the Court's ...