So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

What we think of today as the Confederate flag remains a symbol of white supremacy and antigovernment ideology.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

We are starting a new Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the American Civil War. In ...

James Carville wants the Democratic Party of old to return. But David Hogg, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, wants the opposite.

From the devastating impacts inflicted upon Myanmar to the reshaping of global commerce, join us in Geographical's May issue, out ...

The British government attempted to restrict westward expansion with the ineffective proclamation line of 1763 that was abolished by the new United States government, m. And, the first major movement ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

A series of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and his policies are set to take place on April 19 in all 50 U ...

I worked hard to fulfill my dream, and thankfully I was successful. Some 7,000 copies are used at Seder tables throughout the ...