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

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...

The Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is displaying a unique, historic flag for a limited time in honor of the Fourth of July.

A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial ...

In a recent conversation with a journalist , Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the enduring and historically ...

This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

July 5 has long been a historic day in Carthage, as residents remember an early battle of the Civil War, which happened here on July 5, 1861, but this year the day had a special flavor. It included ...

Voters support the party backing controlling the border and deporting people who entered the country illegally, as seen in ...

Letter writers discuss minority leader’s floor speech, Juneteenth, Virginia’s Democratic ticket and Rep. Rob Wittman’s vote.

When the new U.S. Citizenship Office in Colchester opened in 2022, it was dedicated to Capt. John Lonergan as a Medal of ...