On April 21, 1865, The New York Times published a letter given to them by John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law, John S. Clarke.

The trial was the most widely publicized in Fort Worth history up to that date. Adding to the circus-like atmosphere, Harry ...

General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback ... signed at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865: We, the undersigned Prisoners of War, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia ...

Donald Trump is the latest of 14 presidents and candidates to have suffered assassination attempts in the United States.

Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day, observed on the second Monday in October, is the only federal holiday that isn't a ...

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In the 21 st century, most remain only in historic ... Until the freedmen showed up in 1865 and did it. Today, it hangs on in the literal shadow of bulging Houston’s downtown, now the fourth ...

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Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. In Connections, you’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General ... which includes Juneteenth-related landmarks such as Pier 21, where enslaved Africans arrived on boat, or 1859 Ashton Villa ...

It wasn’t a dream or a fantasy so much as a thought experiment: What if, sitting alongside me, inexplicably riding shotgun in ...