The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago to tell the last ...
The month of June marks two milestones: the 250th Army birthday and the 165th anniversary of the founding of the Signal Corps. The Signal Corps was established during the Civil War and played a small ...
President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...