The American Civil Liberties Union brought a new lawsuit on Wednesday in Federal District Court in Abilene, Texas, as part of its continuing effort to stop the Trump administration from using a ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

Those involved in unleashed political fighting today should learn from this end-of-war, Easter season moment from York history.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Tom Traynham was living near the Traynham family planation known as “Traynham’s Grove” near ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

More than a dozen Confederate monuments taken down in Maryland as a result of protests won’t have to be reinstalled, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order.

April 11, 2025, marked the 160th anniversary of the day Lockport was officially incorporated as a city. But before that ...

Liberty and justice for all in America? I am disturbed that our government is suddenly backtracking on efforts to include ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...