A small American flag marks the grave of a Civil War soldier of the United States 1st Mississippi Infantry (African Descent) in Vicksburg National Cemetery, Feb. 14, 2024, in Vicksburg, Miss. Thirteen ...

The sculpture will be mounted on an elevated hill in Franklin County, Virginia. The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S.

This video is no longer available. The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, ...

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

BLACKSBURG — Students at Virginia Tech are working to shed some light on a part of American history that has been overlooked and long forgotten. Their work has uncovered details of 70 Black men who ...

Vicksburg, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...