These country dog names are inspired by timeless names popular in the Southern, Western, and Midwestern parts of the country, ...

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 ...

Cambridge, located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, has some of the best bird-watching in the world and a T+L reader favorite ...

After some readings in the Shaker schools, Ewing will travel to the Solon Community Center for a book reading at 5:15 p.m.

North Carolina is spending $60 million to begin construction of a museum dedicated to the Civil War and the failure of ...

As the U.S. nears its 250th birthday, we recall how abolitionists like Harriet Tubman helped freedom seekers escape via the ...

While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new ...

On a balmy September evening in Staten Island, Chef Shaw-naé Dixon is getting ready for her house to be packed. In just a few hours, her quaint and homey soul food staple, Shaw-naé’s House, will be ...

As of last Friday, all Oregon school districts were supposed to have had adopted a policy banning cellphones during the ...

The way Harriet Tubman planned her movements, gathered intel, and built networks was full-spectrum unconventional warfare.

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