American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Two years ago, two days of protests were enough to force Georgia’s government into an embarrassing U-turn. It had tried to introduce a “foreign agents” bill – which critics likened to legislation ...

The United States began celebrating its first president ... in the South to honoring Lincoln, who led the Union during the Civil War and put an end to slavery. Credit...Carlos Javier Ortiz for ...

Many legal systems have idiosyncrasies – France, for instance, used to have a unique way of calculating interest rates for ...

According to the Resolution, the new kits are inspired by the Flag of New England used by the colonies during the ...

Woolson would turn 108 on Feb. 11, 1955, and Frances Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kobus, Woolson's son-in-law and daughter, would turn 5 the following week.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have unveiled a patch they will wear on their uniform this season to ... honoring him outside Milwaukee’s American Family Field.