Some of the best war movies of the last few decades have emphasized realism while covering modern-day wars, including Warfare ...

University of Richmond history professor Eric Yellin talked about the spoils system that existed before the formation of the modern day civil service. This discussion was part of the American ...

The hosts of the Throughline podcast bring us the story of how a presidential assassination gave rise to the modern federal civil service.

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed ... The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. The first national observance of ...