Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching direction. When the Republican Party was ...

With February underway, Presidents' Day will soon be observed as the country's next federal holiday on the third Monday of ...

So, if only Congress can impose taxes, how can the president impose tariffs? Here is the backstory. However one characterizes ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

President complains that opposition would have dragged their heels on appointing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as he grows impatient over slow progress in assembling his team ...

History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a column on Knox County history MOUNT VERNON — In the history business, we often trace the origin points of later prominent figures and emphasize their roots ...