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The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...

The Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.- supplied longer-range missiles to strike deeper into Russian ...

The concrete is poured and the granite and plaque set for a life-size bronze monument dedicated to the NY 111th Volunteer ...

On Nov. 16, 1989, a group of Salvadoran soldiers trained by the US Military broke into a residence at Central American ...

Developers have until January to submit proposals to remake museum building into hotel and retail space with underground ...

One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as ...

In her new collection of Wall Street Journal columns, Pulitzer Prize-winner Peggy Noonan writes about the history and ...

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of ...

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

Families of Americas killed or kidnapped by Hamas and Iranian proxies are suing Iran in federal court over its role in the ...