But hulking Yedi Kule castle was a prison where Communist sympathizers were tortured and executed during Greece's 1946–49 ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Experience a unique journey into America’s past at the Civil War Days display on April 26, by the Brevard Veteran's Memorial Center.

While metal detecting a historic Civil War camp in Alabama ... From bullets and uniform buttons to iron tools and wartime debris, this site has connections to both Union and Confederate troops ...

Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York ...

Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as a way to honor Civil War soldiers. For many, Memorial Day means a cookout, a ...

If the justices take up a case on Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law, they’ll be burrowing back to Reconstruction-era ...

which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house, one of the nation’s leading purveyors of early American ...