The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in ...

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

Tanks and thousands of troops are on the streets of Washington, D.C., for the Army's 250th anniversary on President Donald Trump's birthday.

The Army is celebrating its 250th anniversary with a parade on Saturday, which happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

President Donald Trump has already eroded many of the U.S.’s democratic safeguards and traditions in the initial months of ...

Rod Kjersten has returned to Vietnam for the first time since he was a nurse in the U.S. Air Force hospital in Cam Ranh Bay.

Rhode Island is a state that was far removed from the battlefields of the Civil War, but this small state nonetheless provided volunteers to assist with the Union war effort. The 11th Rhode Island ...

Juneteenth celebration in Detroit honors historic Civil War camp 00:47. June 19, 2025, will mark the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved black ...

Charity offers counselling to Irish soldiers who have endured the ‘horror’ of war in Ukraine A Ukrainian soldier loading a shell to fire at Russian army positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Russia hits Ukraine with record 479-drone strike ahead of POW swap. Large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine continue despite the Kremlin showing interest in pursuing peace talks.