The Washington Race Course and Jockey Club in Charleston, South Carolina, once stood as a symbol of antebellum wealth and ...

A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...

Camp William Penn Museum in Montgomery County remembers Black Union soldiers' contributions to their emancipation from slavery.

Then he spoke words that history would make immortal: “Boys, the old flag never touched the ground.” ...

*While many Americans view Memorial Day as simply the unofficial start of summer — marked by barbecues, beach trips, and ...

This video is no longer available. The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, ...

"A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial ...

Honoring local Black soldiers who fought for freedom during the Civil War. The Berlin police chief donated a special GI-Joe figurine to be part of a display to highlight the contributions of those ...

The monument was originally dedicated on Memorial Day 1905 to Black soldiers and sailors who fought for freedom in the Civil ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...

The high position on the James River in Charles City County was the prime spot for a Union fort, so the U.S. Colored Troops under the command of Gen. Edward A. Wild started building what would become ...