The BK House has witnessed all manner of dignitaries and down-and-outs over the course of its nearly 200-year history, having ...

Jonathan Edwards Pierce was one of the most influential ranchers and community builders in South Texas during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The fire-eaters of the nineteenth century remind us that politics is not just about policy. It is also about our ...

The ACLU of West Virginia has spoken out against a move by the Trump administration to remove references to slavery from exhibits in the state's only national historic park.

The survey of the cemeteries located the grave of Arthur F. Griffith of Milford, the wizard mathematician who made ...

Special to The OBSERVER - UC Davis students have uncovered a previously unknown history of Black families in Yolo County, California, and have created educational resources to share this history with ...

Under the terms of the United States Constitution, the power to declare war rests solely with Congress, the same branch of ...

Nestled between Baltimore and Harford Counties, the Historic Jericho Covered Bridge in Kingsville stands as a crimson portal to Maryland’s past, inviting modern travelers to experience a slice of 19th ...

This is Part I of the remarkable story of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, believed to be the last soldier lost in battle during the American Civil War. Killed in the skirmish at Munford, ...

This month, Today’s Collectibles readers submitted a colorful print commemorating a Civil War veteran’s service, a late 19th-century etching in its original frame, a late Victorian washstand with the ...

From praying monks and diving swimmers to meteor showers and the tomb of Pope Francis, these are 12 of the most eye-catching ...

The first American troops to join the war effort of their allies landed in 1917 at the port of Saint-Nazaire, France. Nicknamed “Doughboys,” these soldiers were mostly young and inexperienced. This ...