The Cape Fear's most famous Civil War battle took place at Fort Fisher in January of 1865. But another important battle was fought miles away on the grounds of the present Day Cameron Art Museum.

Organizers from nonprofit organization Here2Hear, will present “Black History: Learning from the Past and Inspiring the Future” at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, exactly 160 years ago. While the societal topic of race and the war’s deeply rooted issues still linger in the modern world in new ways, the bloodshed of battles that were ...

This film was produced in 1995 by HBO and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Transcript [Text on screen] In ... the aftermath of a little-known Nazi atrocity. American troops had come upon ...

Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum continues to actively seek donations ... were widely distributed and brought home by US troops.

From serving as spies and telephone operators to becoming pilots and more, women have fought in many ways to protect their country and loved ones.

A grass-roots effort in Oviedo is creating a museum in a former “colored school” during segregation. A public workshop on the ...

Also, nearly 20% of state museums are directly overseen by the states’ historical societies, with several operating as their own nonprofits and others serving as agencies that report up to state ...

Officials are waiting for guidance as to whether the section on transgender soldiers needs to be removed indefinitely ...

The museum can be reached by taking the Metro to Smithsonian station. There are no entrance fees for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, but tickets must be ordered online in advance ...

A Texas National Guard member observes as a federal Border Patrol agent pats down migrants who have surrendered themselves for processing. President Donald Trump wants to utilize the National Guard ...