Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New ...

The State of Hawaii held an opening ceremony for the Hawaii 250th Commemoration, on the 250th Anniversary of the first battle ...

Charles Walker Raymond’s six-month mission in 1869 resulted in not only in the establishment of America’s newest trading post ...

In 1607, 104 English settlers picked the worst possible spot to build America’s first permanent colony. The 104 original ...

Ahead of four events in Boston, Lexington, and Concord in coming days, Ken Burns talks about his star-studded, 12-hour ...

The Army is restoring the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to honor an 18-year-old corporal who fought in World War I rather than a Confederate general. A ...

It seems as if Tammany Hall, the most well-known example of a “political machine,” has faded into the void at the center of ...

Restored after years of neglect, Crown Heights' oldest house recalls a time when farms and country villas dotted the area.

Behind the scenes of Florida Grand Opera’s “Carmen,” there are intriguing legacies: This will be the 24th production for ...

The decision means South Sudanese could be returned to a nation again on the brink of civil war or unable to seek the U.S. as a haven. There was no immediate response from South Sudan’s ...