The American Civil War remains one of the most studied and debated periods in U.S. history, as well as our […] ...

The Civil War helped define America and names like Gettysburg, Antietam, Lincoln, Robert E Lee, and Ulysses S Grant are ...

This photo in the Library of Congress shows the “remains of the wooden steamboat Celt wrecked along Bowman’s Jetty,” in Charleston Harbor, according to the SC Marine Researcher Division. The Celt is ...

The backlash came from across the political spectrum. Historians, preservationists, local officials, and cultural critics ...

A submarine is a military or civilian vessel designed to operate underwater for extended periods, capable of diving below the ...

You probably didn’t see this coming … an African American southern heritage activist and former NAACP president was recently ...

A joint exhibition hosted by The Brick, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, places decommissioned Confederate monuments alongside works from contemporary artists.

The South Carolina Department of Education is set to unveil next year’s state African American history calendar.

As a national holiday, Thanksgiving originated as war propaganda. It was Abe Lincoln in November 1863 who made Thanksgiving a ...

Franklin County historian Mike Marotte shares the story of the Indian Queen Hotel, which stood in what is today Kerrstown Square on South Main Street.

FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - On December 2, 1896, the city of Fitzgerald, Georgia was officially incorporated.

The point is that America, on the eve of its 250th birthday, is a young nation.