Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the ...

The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...

Instant Scholar' is a Times of India initiative to make academic research accessible to a wider audience. If you are a Ph.D.

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

There are several great movies to watch on the July 4th movie marathons, from sci-fi thrillers and war movies to patriotic ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

The latest tranche of records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI) has 175,000 new documents lost in a fire at ...

The movie thriller 40 ACRES is set in a world of famine, violence and lots of guns. The film also provides "food" for thought.

Hundreds of protesters skipped the barbecues and spent Fourth of July rallying in downtown L.A. against immigration raids ...

It’s nearly Independence Day weekend, so this is a good time to reflect on that futurology paradigm, PPPW, which I’ve previously introduced. My earlier column focused on two apocalyptic wild-card ...