From 1861-1865, a ferocious Civil War was fought. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a Black unit, was organized in early 1863 after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Despite deadly gunfire ...

WILKES-BARRE — City Cemetery was the site of a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday afternoon, during which local United States ...

Thursday’s wreath-laying ceremony honoring local United States Colored Troops drew attention not simply to Black History ...

The memorial to Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. – AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File The Shaw Memorial, located near the State House, depicts the ...

Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.

Liu is the 54th Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the founder of Jiakun Architecture, established in 1999.

Among those who were mentioned during the ceremony were Henry Brown, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and Moses Morris, who served in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an all ...

A guide to Boston's Irish Heritage Trail and a look at the five new stops being added along the 2.8-mile trail this summer.

Douglass' importance to the civil rights movement is well known, but he was also one of the military's most prominent recruiters, helping to grow the ranks of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer ...

New research suggests Union soldiers from the Battle of Olustee may be buried in Beaufort National Cemetery in South Carolina. This contradicts the belief that the soldiers rest in an unmarked ...