Want to see a great photograph? Type “Union and Confederate Generals at Gettysburg, 1893” into your search engine and a group photo should pop up with some of most illustrious ...

In this episode, we visit a Confederate camp reenactment featuring members of the 48th Alabama Infantry. Their historically accurate gear gives us a unique opportunity to learn how to identify Civil ...

Discover Lincoln’s life through 100 rare artifacts in a new exhibit and book at the Springfield museum, part of its 20th anniversary celebration.

Based on Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo has been covering campaigns and every aspect of federal policy since 2006. In addition to his reporting for Raw Story, Matt has been a contributor at WIRED, VICE News ...

Proud Greeks from Western Massachusetts gathered at Springfield City Hall with Mayor Domenic Sarno and local officials to raise the Greek flag, celebrating the upcoming Glendi festival at Saint George ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — Thae Mama Swe stood atop a pile of earthquake rubble in the monsoon rain as she watched an excavator below tear away at the concrete and rebar, while a second machine scooped ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The worst drought in decades is gripping much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, drying out rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and leading to dayslong tap water ...

Bullet to the brain, from one farm boy to another. When John Wilkes Booth fired a .44 lead ball into Abraham Lincoln’s head, the murder shook a nation to its core and led to 13 days of bedlam rivaling ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25 that would penalize people who burn American flags. Courts have long upheld the practice as legitimate expression under the First Amendment, ...