In 1776, the United States of America as we know it declared independence. And from the 18th century to today, the country has had a packed, complicated history, full of events that were inspiring, ...

To date, the American Civil War is the bloodiest, most destructive and deadly war in United States history. The death toll in the course of the four year battle, fought from April 1861 to April 1865, ...

Re “Trump’s Politics Are Changing How History and Civics Are Taught” (news article, Nov. 7): As the historian John Hope Franklin once observed, “The writing of history reflects the interests, ...

From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...