Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

Snider worked for the publishing house for 19 years as a foreman before the building, along with much of downtown, was burned ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

Veterans Day next Monday will salute the many millions of men and women who have served our nation in uniform since 1776.

At whatever point either Trump or Harris steps up to the victor’s podium, their words will set the tone for the coming days and years ...

At the time of this writing, he leads Kamala Harris by five million votes nationwide. That margin may narrow once ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...

President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving an annual, national holiday. But it was magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale ...

Warren G. Harding won 404 electoral votes. His victory was seen as a reaction against the policies of his predecessor, ...