The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...

Howard Lambert, the first African American president of the Brandy Station Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring these ...

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

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

Adam Krall, a historic site interpreter with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, showcases an original rifle that ...

Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Parks.

While white generals are often at the center of Civil War archival research, Black Civil War veterans and their families ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program dedicated a new historical marker Saturday to commemorate Black soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War. The new marker is ...

The event honors the history of Buffalo Soldiers, including those ... on the Union for more troops in the Civil War saw the creation of many special all-Black regiments, one of which was portrayed ...

Krall noted that Springfield’s Oak Ridge Cemetery, which features President Abraham Lincoln’s tomb, also has 28 Black Civil War soldiers buried there. “Their service and their graves have ...