Alabama state offices and courts are closed today in observance of Jefferson Davis' birthday, a state holiday recognizing the ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Our 250th Anniversary of American Independence will take place in a time of unbelievable turmoil. Again, voter apathy allowed a small portion of the electorate to elect the most incompetent president ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, wearing top hat, is shown with Union Army Gen. George B. McClellan, facing Lincoln, and McClellan's staff at Antietam, Maryland, 1862 during the American Civil War. (AP ...

The Mississippi River flows 2,350 miles, borders 10 states and drains an area stretching from New York to Wyoming ...

Re-enactors of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment stand at attention in the Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Sept. 10, 1996, during a ceremony to celebrate ...

Civil War reenactors march past a historic home at Century Village Museum in Burton, Ohio on May 24. (Paul Rowley photo) BURTON, Ohio — By 1864, the Union was bone‑tired. Three years of war had ...

A small river town southeast of the Twin Cities was once home to a castle. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen ...

Minneiska, Minnesota, is a small river town on Highway 61 near the Mississippi River, but at one point it was home to a castle.

Hamas attacks to gender ideology and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), author and scholar Gad Saad warns that Western ...

From the editorial: "'I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom,' Duluth native and singer/songwriter Bob Dylan once stated." ...

American flags are lowered across Mississippi for Memorial Day. Here’s what May 25, 2026, honors and when they return to full staff.