The soldiers, who were farmers, served in the 20th and 26th regiments of the United States Colored Troops and survived the ...

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...

Discover the inspiring stories of Black soldiers in the U.S. Army who fought for equality and made a lasting impact on the ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - West Springfield American Legion hosted a tribute to the heroes of World War II this past Sunday.

On the evening of June 10, 1953, Markley briefed his men from K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment before sending them to their posts. His roughly 150 soldiers would defend a hilltop outpost barely 400 ...

A Blount County resident is raising money to reinstall the tombstone of a near-forgotten Civil War veteran after he found the ...

Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against ...

The undeniable fact is that multiple parties share responsibility for the toxic state of today’s civil-military relations.

On July 17, the Liberty brought two Connecticut-based ships into Newport Harbor, accusing their captains of customs ...

Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing ...