Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow troops and the Medal of Honor.

Charles Oliver Musser will be honored with a medallion on Saturday, May 3, at the Sumner Cemetery to commemorate his burial as the last Union veteran of the ...

The legendary attorney who was once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association ...

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

Confederate Memorial Day is an official holiday in several states. Why is it celebrated, and where? Does New Jersey take part? Here's what to know.

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

Army G-4 SGM Edward Bell challenges Soldiers to not just honor the past, but to secure the future, at African American ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued 16 pardons and nine commutations to felons on Friday in advance of the Easter holiday.

The Jennings County Historical Society will be hosting the 63rd annual Sassafras Tea Festival and Civil War Living History ...

When the Illinois State Historical Society has its Best of Illinois History Awards Luncheon on April 26 in Springfield, ...