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

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

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

One of the highlights of the American summer is July 4th. Fireworks, parades, and barbecues are all staples of the ...

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

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

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

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

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

Morgan’s 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio was a costly mistake for the Confederate Army. His history in Lexington ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...