Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

Wikimedia Commons/The Illustrated London News Joseph Trammell’s Freedom Papers Joseph Trammell was born enslaved in Virginia ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the names of Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, which were originally named for Confederate generals.

After hours of debate that culminated in a rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to restore Confederate names to military bases, the House Armed Services Committee voted late Tuesday to advance ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

Explore our resources to find out more about the history of Confederate monuments and what you can do to help remove these symbols.

July 12 and 13 are days marked by pivotal moments that have rippled across history, influencing politics, culture, science, ...

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

Ser. I. v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111] Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with ...

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.