Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...

Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the ...

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

The first recorded translation of the U.S. anthem, into German, was done by schoolteacher, choir director and future New ...

Students spent a week touring Underground Railroad sites in Camden and Lawnside and taking photographs to learn about the ...

Several Native influencers, performers, and academics took to social media this week to criticize Beyoncé or decry the ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Worcester was the site of both the war's opening skirmish (the Battle of Powick Bridge on September 23, 1642) and its final battle (the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651) while the county as a ...

Beyoncé faced online backlash for wearing a Buffalo Soldiers shirt on tour. A Cornell Africana studies scholar is now ...

The New England Civil War Museum has been added to the Connecticut Freedom Trail following two years of reshaping the museum's main exhibit. The museum, located on the second floor of Town Hall, ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove Cemeteries in ...