For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and cardboard ...
Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War. The remains were found while excavators searched around ...
Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren't from the Revolutionary War. The remains were found while excavators searched around ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the legacy of thousands of Black Civil War soldiers who once trained in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, will never be forgotten, thanks to the Camp ...
The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...
PROVIDENCE − Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. On Saturday, June 21, they will be honored as the community marks Juneteenth. "I think it's ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago to tell the last ...
A century after serving in the 39th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, two soldiers are to receive veteran headstones. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs approved headstones for ...
Members of Lawrence's branch of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War clean the headstones of Union soldiers on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Pioneer Cemetery. Members of the Sons of Union ...
As the new administration tries to ban certain people from the military, a history lesson may show us which Americans are battle-tested. The military records show that Melvin Bean, Samuel Blalock, ...
The sculpture will be mounted on an elevated hill in Franklin County, Virginia. The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S.