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Learn about the Erie Civil War veterans who were the first soldiers' home residents
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe first Memorial Day observance at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Erie on May 30,...
A lost 22-page transcript discovered at the National Archives reveals the secret history of how...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHulton Archive / Stringer / Getty Images Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Joe Biden's...
How fog affected strategic combat decisions in the Battle of Fredericksburg
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring...
The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ceremonies, has Utica ties
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 11 months ago1862, 161 years ago A haunting 24 notes (In the southeast corner of the 2,000-acre Sakura Park in...
Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-granddad, documents show
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAbraham Lincoln pardoned President Biden's great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era...
Documents reveal that Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's ancestor during Civil War: Report
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. furnished the Oval Office after stepping into the presidency, he...
Frederick's ties to Battle of Gettysburg is notable on anniversary of army transfer
The Frederick News-Post, Md.· 11 months agoJun. 28—Wednesday marked 160 years since the transfer of the Army of the Potomac to Gen. George Meade — an important event in Frederick's involvement in the Civil War. The transfer occurred ...
‘The World Will Never See the Like’ Review: Reunion at Gettysburg
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF On Memorial Day 1884, 19 years after the end of the Civil War, future U.S. Supreme Court...
South Kingstown recognizes Medal of Honor recipients. How the heroes earned that award
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week we reported on South Kingstown’s designation as a Medal of Honor Town, and the...
The Monday After: Remembering Lincoln with a monument
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe words that two Ohio presidents spoke a century ago helped consecrate for America the Lincoln...