Some 179,000 Black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War and another 19,000 served in the Navy, according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that LGBTQ+ Americans have made to the rich and diverse history of the United ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were a regiment of mostly Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. More than 200,000 men are listed as a part of the regiment at the National Archives.

Some 179,000 Black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War and another 19,000 served in the Navy, according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

A Cold War-style breakdown of NYC’s mayoral primary, likening Cuomo, Mamdani, and AOC to factions in the Angolan Civil War.

And on June 10, 2006, the soldiers were buried with full military honors in the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod. It was an authentic re-enactment of a burial from the Civil War period.

During the Civil Rights Movement, the federal government activated National Guard troops over Southern state objections when those states would neither enforce court orders nor protect protesters.

The five newest National Recreation Trails in six states add nearly 400 miles to the network of more than 1,300 trails.

Then came Jean Robert Babilis, a 70-year-old with a handgun in the console, pushing a 114-horsepower Polaris side-by-side ...

• Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain. He was 28 and had three children with his wife, ...