A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...

But Illinois, which sent scores of volunteers to fight in the Civil War, is not blameless in the history of slavery.

The Cape Fear has a handful of churches dating back to the 1700s. While some are in great condition and still being attended ...

In the 19th century, Union and Confederate soldiers arrived in the major cities of Washington D.C, Tennessee and Pennsylvania ...

Helene has taken a historic toll on the mountains of Western North Carolina with devastating impacts on lives and property.

A campaign to raise awareness about the newest U.S. naval vessel to bear the name Arkansas got underway Friday in Little Rock.

These small towns in the Alleghenies of West Virginia and Pennsylvania are often overlooked but have many hidden gems.

As American cities go, New Orleans is unique in so many ways, including its coffee culture -- and chicory is a major part of ...

After the war ended in 1865, Boles became a judge for the Fourth Judicial District where he showed often surprising leniency ...

The trailblazing abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad will be posthumously commissioned as a one-star ...

Backstabbing and corruption are often common features of politics, so much so that many people are repelled by the entire process. The obsessive quest for power sometimes turns upstanding citizens ...

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, ...