A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.

The Madison County residents took the self guided driving tour and saw Dunker Church, the Mumma Farm, the Sunken Road, Burnside Sycamore and the Corn Field.

President Trump admires one of his long-forgotten predecessors. He has resurrected the memory of President William McKinley, whose term bridged the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the ...

Many pivotal developments in the course of history did not start in palace halls or parliaments, but rather on battlefields where soldiers and warriors faced deadly opposition and risked their lives ...

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

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

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

What was quite interesting is that whilst the majority of the miniatures here were 6mm American Civil War, they were also ...

The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these ...

The move, the 47th president says, will ‘restore the name of a great president’ to ‘Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...