With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...

Subjects include the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War The twentieth century: Extended features on the First and Second World Wars, featuring maps detailing trench warfare and aerial ...

The novel ‘Silas Marner’ offers a key insight into how the fires began.

Military Road in Worcester, off Salisbury Street, not far from Park Avenue, takes its name from the school created by ...

In the 1860s, two brothers from Connecticut endeavored to photograph veterans of the American Revolution who could have ...

Black-and-white photos have their own nostalgic charm, but sometimes they can feel a little distant, like glimpses of a world ...

A new exhibit at The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site examines the lives and legacies of three prominent figures from the ...

Join us to cheer your St. Bonaventure Bonnies on to victory! Don't miss out on this watch party during the St. Bonaventure vs. VCU men's basketball game. Join us at Shillelagh Pub in West Orange, N.J.