John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

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

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, easily accessible for Maryland residents and visitors to the DC metro area. Admission is ...

As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

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 ...

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

The U.S. Secret Service marks its 160th anniversary, reflecting on its evolution from fighting counterfeiting to presidential ...

When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the ...

"The solution is not returning to some mythical state of pre-Trump administration American equality, but actually understanding and fixing what is broken," argues writer Joseph Lee.