More than 160 years after the Columbia-Wrightsville covered bridge was burned down during a pivotal moment in the Civil War, ...

"The immediate objects are the total destruction and devastation of their settlements," George Washington wrote Major General ...

All 26 Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge historic piers in the Susquehanna River were lit on fire representing the burning of the ...

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A Civil War battle never took place in Pittsburgh, but the city played a significant role during the conflict.

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The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has ...

A neo-Nazi teenager who attempted to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe in a terrorism-motivated attack has been jailed for 19 years and six months. Alina Burns, 19, of Lynton Road in Bristol, ...

BENTONVILLE -- Calling for connection among humans who stand to benefit from unity was a recurring theme Friday during Ken Burns' appearance at Heartland Whole Health Institute. He elicited ...

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