The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

Here's everything you need to know about Juneteenth, including when it is and the meaning behind the day, plus what's open ...

Fort Walker, named in 2023 after Civil War Union surgeon Mary Walker, will revert back to Fort A.P. Hill. For her family, the ...

Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...

The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...