As the nation prepares to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial, George Washington’s Mount Vernon will host a full day of ...

Mayor Harold Washington is buried in a cemetery that was once for “whites only.” Protests and legislative fights desegregated ...

Looking for the best things to do in Baltimore with kids? Find out what joins the Maryland Zoo, National Aquarium, & Port ...

From standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., where Martin Luther King Jr. declared “I Have a Dream” ...

Last month, just days before the five-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, a consent decree that was supposed to usher in significant law ...

In the pedestrian area next to Richmond Highway between the Pizza Hut restaurant and the Kings Crossing Shopping Center is a Virginia Historical marker for the Union army defensive forts once in ...

Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant; Japan signed formal surrender documents Sept. 2, 1945, ending ...

The historic Memorial Day parade in the Talcottville neighborhood of Vernon honored soldiers who lost their lives in wars ...

Here are some local Memorial Day weekend events to pay tribute to the soldiers who have given their lives defending their ...

Memorial Day weekend is nearly here, and if you're looking to something to do with the entire family in the Lower Hudson Valley, look no further.

Trump stops civil rights investigations into local police departments - Justice Department pulls lawsuits against police departments in Louisville and Minneapolis, among others ...