The House in the Horseshoe still bears the scars of the Revolutionary War skirmish that happened on the grounds.

The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...

The soldiers probably did not have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads as they shivered around the campfire at Fort ...

Black Civil War reenactors will perform at Pope House Museum to bring African American soldiers' stories to life.

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The shrine’s annual re-enactment of the Gettysburg address, delivered by Lincoln at a cemetery dedication in Gettysburg, ...

The Huntington acquires the Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork, "The Sutler's Tent"; Robert Therrien at the Broad; and ...

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...

With co-directors David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, he tells America’s origin story in his new film, “ The American ...

The date selected for this event was between Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and Nov. 19, which is when President Abraham Lincoln gave ...

At the start of the Civil War, Parker’s offer to enlist was rejected outright by another New Yorker, Secretary of State William H. Seward, who – according to historians – told the Seneca leader the ...