Whether you're looking for a heavy dive into our nation's history, or simply a romp that takes place on Fourth of July ...

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...

Every July Fourth brings fireworks, picnics, parades and happy celebrations of American freedom. But behind the festivities ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

"Wildflowers of New England," with images by Edwin Hale Lincoln, and a smaller show of work by Lindsey Beal and May Babcock ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

The hedge fund founder paid $13.7 million for a copy of the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

Confederate supporters arrived first, establishing a Saturday morning base near the town waterfront with “Save our history” ...