On May 29, 1856, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech in Bloomington that would become lost to history. A mural honoring the speech was unveiled 169 years later to the day downtown Thursday evening by ...

NEW HOPE, Minn. — Like songs, school years have beginnings. But last fall, no one in the Robbinsdale Cooper High School Band could have predicted the stanzas that would follow. “One of my ...

The new memorial will remember Rabbi Alexander D. Goode of York, and three other chaplains George L. Fox, Clark V. Poling and John P. Washington who gave up their lifejackets so that others could ...

Far from permitting the South to secede in peace, the Radical Republicans were determined to prevent the South from seceding by any means, including war if necessary. The New York Times reported that ...

Okay, I’m being told that a few of you actually want to know what’s on our overly-ambitious program: "Orion," a slow march by Jan Vander Roost, "Hold this Boy and Listen" by Carter Pann, "Mt ...

Like J.D. and Usha Vance, Jivani is the product of a small law school circle revolving around Yale law professor Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother — a book that advocates ...

This term was popularized by Amy Chua in her memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” where she described her strict parenting style and associated it with Asian culture.

Adam Gopnik reviews “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War,” by Michael Vorenberg, and “1861: The Lost Peace,” by Jay Winik.

Several months later a Rhode Island woman composed a battle hymn to inspire American soldiers to fight and preserve the Union. That inspirational lady was Julia Ward Howe.

The United States Army Field Band delivers a powerful performance of the iconic Civil War-era anthem, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” With lyrics by Julia Ward Howe and conducted by 1st Lt ...

Pete Seeger was a major figure in America’s folk revival and influenced generations of musicians—including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Bragg. Seeger’s rendition of “We Shall ...

A new show at the Hammer Museum, “ Alice Coltrane: Monument Eternal,” seeks to probe her music’s profound effect on culture by telling the story of the jazz musician with the help of ...