A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

To celebrate the Fourth of July here are 13 —signifying the original 13 states — movies that celebrate what it means to be ...

Danielle Khalaf, a 14-year-old student, alleged that she was humiliated by a teacher for refusing to stand for the Pledge of ...

A suburban Detroit school district has been sued by a student of Palestinian descent refused to stand for the Pledge of ...

On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for more than 150 years.

Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved ...

WASHINGTON — The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city ... For the enslaved people of Texas, freedom wouldn't come until after the end of the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, Union ...

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This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...