On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...

A book by Sunbury native John P. Deeben features an anthology of soldier letters written specifically for publication in two local Northumberland County newspapers. Volumes One and Two of “Well and ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS — Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, presented the Friends of Frontier Army Museum speaker series lecture Feb. 26, 2025, ...

Park Rangers Chris Bingham from Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park and Harry Caldwell from Booker T Washington ...

“In the Mahaiwe Cemetery … there’s a headstone for several individuals of the Ford family,” Steve McAlister emailed me in 2022. The senior architect with Clark Green + Beck Architecture Design in ...

A marker honoring a fallen soldier officially was unveiled Tuesday, Nov. 12, marking 161 years since he was laid to rest, with his descendants, historians, and veterans on hand. More than two and half ...

SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On January 25, 1865, a company of Black Union Soldiers ...

The first Memorial Day observance at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie on May 30, 1887, was "impressive in the extreme," according to the Erie Morning Dispatch. The home had been ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate soldiers traded ...

Almont — The Almont Community Historical Society Museum will host a special Civil War Battle Flags Presentation on Saturday, March 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., featuring guest speaker Matt VanAcker, ...