The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Join us on an adventure that takes us deep into the heart of history. With our trusty metal detectors in hand, we venture into areas steeped in American Civil War lore. Our journey is filled with ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools.

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...

Born enslaved in 1818, by the time of the Civil War Frederick Douglass was famous around the United States and Europe for his work in the abolition movement. So how did this famous orator learn his ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

U.S. military bases around the world have celebrated Black History Month and similar events for decades. Now, Hegseth says "Identity Months" are "Dead at DoD." ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.