This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...

On Tuesday, Nov.12, Lafayette Parish School history teacher Jason Muller will unveil a new historical marker commemorating a ...

Any of the folks stationed at those bases who are thinking about entrepreneurship after they get out may want to consider ...

As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House ...

By far the wildest race this cycle is the matchup between “conspiracy-loving, Hitler-quoting, Beyoncé-hating, anti-abortion, ...

Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Georgia on Tuesday. A gun dealer, Clyde, 57, won a third term representing northeast Georgia’s 9th District. It ...

Ten days driving down 'the Mother Road' revealed a country whose obsession with its own past is at odds with its precarious future.

Texas state tax has pros and cons. The statewide sales tax rate of 6.25% is a bit high, and localities can add 2%. Property taxes in Texas are also on the high end but were recently lowered for ...

Warren G. Harding won 404 electoral votes. His victory was seen as a reaction against the policies of his predecessor, ...

On Nov. 15, 1940, the world premiere of the film Arizona took place in downtown Tucson at four movie theaters: Rialto, Lyric, ...

Few elections in the nation’s history have provided such a divide as this year’s, with the two major candidates and so many of their supporters saying the outcome will determine ...