ALEXANDRIA — The Douglas County Historical Society celebrated Veterans Day by hosting a pair of artifact chats on Nov. 10 and ...

In 2019, while metal detecting deep in the woods, our Treasure Hunters team uncovered an unexpected find: brass knuckles buried alongside Civil War relics and bullets. Using the Minelab Equinox 800 ...

Magnet fishing took us straight to the wreckage of a Civil War battleship, and what we found was incredible. From rusted relics to possible artifacts of the era, the site was full of history waiting ...

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

The date selected for this event was between Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and Nov. 19, which is when President Abraham Lincoln gave ...

Bactrian gold discoveries in Asia reveal ancient Greek civilization marks that predate Alexander the Great's conquests ...

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...

The theft is a serious loss for the country's cultural heritage, which had already sustained extensive damage during a long ...

The project includes immersive new exhibits covering World War I, World War II, and additional presidential and Civil War ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

Once scarred by conflict and closed to visitors, several destinations around the world have transformed from battlefields ...

The Arabia Steamboat Museum, located in the historic River Market in Kansas City, is scheduled to close after 30 years in ...