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A new statue of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation will be unveiled at the African American Civil War ...
Today marks the 163rd anniversary of Antietam. Those who say they’re ready for civil war should stop and think about what ...
In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.
In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President ...
The genius of the American republic lies in part in the close relationship between its two founding documents.
Confederate and Union troops in the Civil War clashed near Maryland’s Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history on Sept. 17, 1862.
With his social media meme, Donald Trump crowed about declaring war on the largest city in the state of Illinois, otherwise ...
"Midnight on the Potomac" is told with heart but backed up with fact, making it approachable for any reader with a passing ...
A delicate maneuver has ensured Libertyville’s tie to an influential grass-roots movement that helped elect Abraham Lincoln ...
In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically ...
On Constitution Day, I am thinking about the 10th Amendment,' writes a Norwalk professor of history and political science.
A string of recent events — from the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to President Trump's deployment of ...