A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black ...

Born in New York City in 1810, Bushrod Birch spent time on and off in Pittsfield before serving in the Civil War, and ...

Waco High School students have established a local chapter of Students Demand Action (SDA), a national movement dedicated to ending gun violence through advocacy and education.

Ellsworth Cemetery was founded by a small cadre of Black Civil War Veterans in 1876 to provide a burial ground for the ...

Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, in partnership with the Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation ...

The Lancaster Cemetery, with grave markers dating back to the American Revolution, has partnered with the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War to raise $15,000 for the Reynolds Restoration Project.

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

An Army veteran who served from 1984 to 1993, Bray has worked to restore abandoned cemeteries for more than two years — cleaning and replacing headstones of World War I, Civil War and Spanish ...

The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. "They were men who were colored troops who couldn't be buried in White ...