The slaves had come to San Bernardino in 1852 with their owner, Robert Smith, part of the Mormon founding of the community.

Lt. Col. Pete Ellis’ “Operations Plan 712” was an extraordinary and prescient report—serving as the basis for what became the American amphibious juggernaut of World War II.

New scholarship shows that Abraham Lincoln was a deeply sensitive man who embraced radical acts of inclusion to keep the ...

Two generations of the Borden family left a large and lasting imprint on the development of the early Milton community, ...

Jerome Palmer of Hinkletown, who drew undiscovered sketches during the Civil War, enlisted in the Iowa Infantry to fight on behalf of the Union.

In the opening chapter of Kings and Generals' Civil War series, we explore the deep-rooted causes behind America’s bloodiest conflict. From the unrest of Bleeding Kansas to John Brown’s raid, and from ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

Scholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power accountable to justice and constitutional principles.

The growing war between Attorney General Pam Bondi and top FBI officials Kash Patel and Dan Bongino over the transparency of the Jeffrey Epstein files led one former top DOJ official to rip into ...

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen since it sank in 1862, according to Nathan Richards, director of the ...

An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first action of its kind in the United States.