Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key Civil War monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center.

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

The answer is—and it’s not going to be a pleasant answer—the answer is that the violence ends if it boils over into a ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

Have you ever heard of a nudibranch? They're colorful mollusks with no shells and you can see them at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum.

Ismani Sun's artwork will be featured in the African American Civil War Memorial when it re-opens next month.

Juneteenth is a celebration for all Americans because it marks a pivotal moment in the United States’ journey toward living up to its founding documents, which enshrined freedom and equality for all.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Remembering FedEx founder Fred Smith: Beverly Robertson, the former President & CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber and National Civil Rights Museum, talks about the impor… ...

National Civil Rights Museum president on airport renamed after Fred Smith Fireball reports over Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee — what we know Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson’s cause of ...