Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

In 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term. Federal finance reports ...

We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers have a new black power. We finally have a platform to give our studied ...

"Grebien said the burials recall important lessons about the bloody 1861-1865 war to preserve the Union, which was fought between the North's Union Army and the Confederate States of America at the ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

This week's top stories show readers' continued interest in the Mint's 230th Anniversary Flowing Hair silver medal, upcoming ...

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 6, the 311th day of 2024 with 55 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, ...

Men, even great men, are not built from marble but from flesh and blood.

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.