Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, practiced law here but always went home to Springfield. Ulysses S. Grant, born in Ohio, never got closer than Galena, which at one time rivaled Chicago, with its ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

While Lincoln has ranked at the top of each survey, the two presidents who served right before him – Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, both sympathetic to slavery – and his immediate successor, ...

Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and ...

The tour is part of ongoing research by Liberty Hall and Kean University to give voice and narrative to enslaved individuals who lived and worked at the historic home and on its grounds.

1899: Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, dies aged 24 in mysterious circumstances. On the same day, the ...

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...

A federal judge agreed with widespread security concerns surrounding Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team’s access to Treasury payment an ...

Charles Francis Hall genuinely loved the north but couldn't inspire loyalty in his men. Did one of them kill him? If so, was a love triangle the motive?

Minnesota’s tourism industry hit the big time when it was featured in Time magazine on Aug. 13. 1973. The cover featured Minnesota’s charismatic governor, Wendell Anderson, proudly ...