New Graphic Novel Spotlights Robert Smalls, Who Escaped Slavery on a Stolen Confederate Ship Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress...
The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went...
An Alternate-History Channel on Reddit Is Gaming Out a Shockingly Realistic Second US Civil War Alternate history is fiction that imagines what would be different if some specific event was changed. A new alt-history...
The First Black Medal of Honor Action Is Brought to Life in the Latest AUSA Graphic Novel William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow...
Removed Confederate Monuments in Maryland to Remain Hidden, Despite Trump Executive Order The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation...
National Park Service Restores Original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad Webpage The issue comes amid sweeping government changes to comply with President Donald Trump's campaign against so-called diversity...
Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's...
North Carolina Judge Challenging Outcome of Race Wore Confederate Uniform in College Photo The emergence of the photographs comes at a delicate time for Jefferson Griffin, a Republican appellate judge who is seeking...
5 Powerful Artifacts in the New National Medal of Honor Museum The new National Medal of Honor Museum is set to officially open to the public on March 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...