On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

"Indepedency," an exhibit with flags related to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, is at Southampton Arts Center through ...

including U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat died May 26 at the age of 94 after spending nearly five decades on Capitol Hill. Rangel was ...

There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...

including U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Clinton, who called Rangel one of the most effective members to ever serve in Congress, recalled the congressman's insistence on ...

The mass, held at the historic St. Patrick's Cathedral, came a day after Rangel's body lay in state at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to only a handful of political figures.

Washington — President Trump is hosting a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army today, bringing tanks and ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...