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Antietam: For 4.5 million Americans, our ugliest day signaled a first step to freedom
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the better part of 160 years, military historians have been poring over the movements of Union...
State to use Old South Mountain Inn to focus on Civil War Battle of South Mountain
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhile plans for a visitor's center at the Old South Mountain Inn are still fluid, the Maryland Park...
'So we don't forget': Sharpsburg students lay 5,000 flags at Antietam National Cemetery
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNot quite as neat as the soldiers who marched the same grounds 180 years prior, the 50 children...
A piece of 19th-century student art is the first item in a new preservation program
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn the early 1860s, Linda Wert, a student at the Hagerstown Female Seminary, packed up her painting...
To learn more about Black history in Washington County, trace the experiences of a family
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 1866, Samuel and Amanda Clark traveled north from Virginia into Maryland with their younger sons....
Researchers explore newly uncovered info on American Red Cross founder Clara Barton
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 5 months agoClara Barton was a "trailblazer"who became "arguably the most famous woman in America" during the...
Countdown to freedom: The significance of New Year’s Eve ‘watch night’ services for Black Americans
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Black American tradition of spending New Year’s Eve in prayer and fellowship dates all the way...
Restrictive education laws raise concern of how March on Washington will be taught
The Hill via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs the nation commemorates the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, an event that called for...
As Forrest might say, 'Momma always said dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.'
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFinally meeting somebody you've long admired can be a blessing or a curse. Many years ago I had some correspondence with an internationally known journalist I had long respected. And I was stunned ...
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill tackle the Old West as husband and wife in '1883'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe married country music stars play a couple who head out into unsettled lands with their teen...
