Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, has narrated his experience during the Nigerian civil war, describing ...

Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

Fort Concho will celebrate Buffalo Soldier Heritage Day from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday as part of Black History Month. ...

When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for ...

After 27 years of enjoying the little house sparrows that lived in my huge pine tree, watching them rush to the feeder or splash in the bird bath, I went to fill the bird feeder, and it was still full ...

From New York state to Virginia and back to Cattaraugus County, the 37th New York Regimental Presentation Flag has a storied history.

Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...

Nathaniel Stone, a 2003 University of North Georgia (UNG) graduate, took command of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ...

Romney’s constant parade of troops during the Civil War resulted in close to 60 times of changing hands and nine different ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North ...