When the war ended in 1865, the men of the Second Minnesota returned home to pick up their lives, or start new careers.

Jim Ogden, chief historian at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, will give the Cumberland Mountain Civil War ...

The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the ...

The First World War was critical to boosting the influence of that child of progressivism and Wall Street corporatism: the ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

When Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a federal holiday in 1863, abolitionists hailed pumpkins as a symbol of virtue and the ...

The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863; President John F. Kennedy died in Dallas ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who ...

The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November’s time, one century apart. President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863; President John F. Kennedy died in Dallas ...

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

This is our annual Thanksgiving article, originally published in 2013. Happy Thanksgiving from War on the Rocks!  Today is ...