The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable ...

The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...

Frank Cogliano, author of A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Public ... the size of the United States and led to the expansion of slavery, making civil war virtually ...

"Lincoln’s Peace" examines the difficulty in turning wartime victory into solving the political and social problems that led ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

Less-known chapters of American history are arguably just ... and that Freedmen’s Bureau really helped to usher post-Civil War slaves into freedom," said Dr. Mitchell. If General Howard's ...

Divided by Steve Sheinkin and Toby Cypress is a YA nonfiction graphic novel set in 1850s Washington DC, in a polarized nation on its way to Civil War. How very opportune.