In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

Reservations are being taken at 217-235-5661 for the Coles County Historical Society’s July 21 Founder’s Day Dinner, which will feature a presentation on Mary Todd Lincoln.

I’ve had Whitman in mind this spring as we’ve watched the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency ...

The Declaration of Independence wrote that, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among ...

Where is Mount Rushmore National Memorial? It is a prominent and massive sculpture made for commemoration of key presidents.

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani under fire for communist-style language and radical political ideology, with ...

In hoping to refresh America — and it would appear we desperately need it — it would be helpful if we got back to our civic ...

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

The fact that some Americans even think any other way illustrates how out of touch they are with America’s history and ideals ...

At each major crossroad in America’s history — the Revolutionary War, the westward migration, the Civil War, the Great ...