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

Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1 Memorial Drive, is closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Other banks, ...

This is an opinion cartoon. “Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...

Juneteenth is widely celebrated as a federal holiday on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the U.S.

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's history and meaning.

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 ...

In the wake of the June 2015 mass shooting and anti-African American hate crime in a Charleston, S.C., church, many public officials, including the state’s governor, called for the removal ...

A Confederate flag flew at the South Carolina State House for decades, ... Veterans is a group that works to preserve the history of confederate soldiers, particularly the years of 1861-1865.

An Atlanta man allegedly made a nearly three-hour-long trek to South Carolina to lower the Confederate flag that flies over I-85 south. Live; ... 1865, ending the Civil War, then-President Abraham ...

The Civil War ended in 1865. ... Through the years the Confederate flag continued as a symbol of hatred, oppression and denial, sometimes even here in the North. I am a proud American.