The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the constitution on a ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.

This week, for something a little different, I thought we’d look at some of the more curious mysteries of the Civil War. The Civil War ended in April of 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia when ...

APPOMATTOX, Va — Join the National Park Service and Longwood University at the annual free Civil War Seminar on Saturday, Feb. 1, located in the Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University, Farmville, VA ...

Following the second election of Donald Trump, I discovered that several of my acquaintances voted for the twice impeached convicted felon, who The Washington Post found guilty of making 30,573 false ...

Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April ... Meacham’s words may be true, but not that a second American Civil War may be imminent. I would agree, instead, that we are seeing the ...

Grant at Appomattox Court House. All major military operations have been completed.” Then I wrote on the board in big letters: “Mission Accomplished.” I proceeded to ask if the Civil War was ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.