On July 31, 1732, the Journal of the President and Masters of William & Mary College recorded that "the foundation of the President's House at the College was laid, the President, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Fry, ...

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1864, hundreds of Union soldiers arriving through light fog on the James River crept ...

Michael Boulware Moore, his great-great-grandson and author of the book “ Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom ," joins host Anthony ...

The 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Buffington Island, the only Civil War battle fought in Ohio, was commemorated Saturday ...

Drawing his title from Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, independent scholar Hyslop, author of several works on the American West, makes the case that in opening territories to slavery, westward ...

The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union (HERE) gathered in Milwaukee in 1947 for its ...

Paducah is one of only nine cities in the country given a UNESCO designation as a creative city. It sits where the Ohio and ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

He had been blessed with a large family of twelve children, prospered by the time he was thirty-one years later in the timber industry, and moved to California in 1903 to supervise his latest ...

Mansions are fascinating, oozing with extravagant opulence or dripping with Southern charm and magnificent splendor, like the plantation homes in the South.

The 244th anniversary of the 1781 battle at the “House in the Horseshoe” will be observed Saturday, July 26. The Sandhills ...