Noted poet, performer and civil rights voice Maya Angelou, who spent much of her formative years under her grandmother's care ...

Throughout his remarkable life, James M. "Butch" Warren has devoted countless hours to reclaiming and preserving a historical ...

Capt. Hugh P. Boon of Pennsylvania served in the U.S. Army from 1861 to 1865. His descendants recently gave his Medal of Honor to Bill Given.

More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to ...

Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull.

Turning an old truck leaf spring into a Bowie knife is an exciting way to repurpose durable scrap metal into a high-quality tool. Truck leaf springs are made from tough steel, making them perfect ...

The bronze statue representing a Confederate soldier located currently on South Broad Street in Edenton, North Carolina. The statue was originally erected in 1902 at the old county courthouse and ...

Amos T. Akerman was a curious case to become President Ulysses S. Grant's attorney general, as depicted in Guy Gugliotta’s ...

Full-length figure of a Confederate soldier. He wears a uniform and hat and holds the barrel of a rifle. The butt of the gun rests on the ground by his feet. The bronze sculpture stands atop a tall ...

The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued Tuesday and says the Stone Mountain Park board violated state law protecting the largest Confederate monument in the country from changes.

Study from life for a large picture in progress. [P. 9.] Artists' Fund Society of New York, Instituted 1859--Chartered 1861. Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Sale of Paintings, at the Galleries, No. 625 ...