The U.S. Colored Troops were a regiment of mostly Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. A number of those soldiers are buried in the National Cemetery in Raleigh. There will be ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum will commemorate the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth with a powerful three-day celebration titled ...

The Civil War was an intense period of American history, but holidays came around nonetheless. Here's what Americans ate then ...

The president celebrates the 250th anniversary of the US Army as demonstrators hold "No Kings" events from coast to coast.

Gregg Johnson, President of the Valley NAACP, which covers the Naugatuck Valley, said the city of Shelton has accepted the holiday, despite its past racial tensions and ongoing efforts by the federal ...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell didn't hold back his contempt for Trump, who promised to restore the names of military bases to those of Confederate generals.

The story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, aka Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, one of up to 1,000 women who posed as men to fight in the Civil ...

To restore the original names of the additional seven bases, the Army once again found service members with the same last ...

Federal troops in American cities have historical precedent, from President George H.W. Bush's response to Rodney King riots ...