By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves in the United States, worth over a billion ... Slavery is not abolished in Washington, D.C. until 1862. 1838: The Anti-Slavery Convention of American ...

The US federal government is the nation's largest landlord and still owns 28 percent of the land in the US. The time has come ...

The mean of the previous seventeen Summers is 13.86 inches, so that the quantity in 1862 is about 132 per cent. above the mean, or nearly 2 1/3 times the average. This is certainly a very ...

For years, a map of the US allegedly showing what will happen to the country if "we don't reverse climate change" has spread across social media. Snopes previously fact-checked this meme ...

AP Photo Union troops charge across the Burnside bridge over Antietam Creek in the third and final day of the Battle of ...

Among the weathered and once-cracked headstones in Michigan’s historic Brighton Village Cemetery, the dual grave markers for ...

The 10-foot-wide house, which last sold for $1.25 million, is believed to have been built due to a dispute between brothers.

With maps and graphics flashing on movie theater-sized screens, top U.S. Army commanders monitored in real time a scenario of ...

The Mexican Independence Day and El Grito celebrations in Chicago could result in "excessive" traffic in and around the city.

Casey Cep on Ronald E. Walters of the National Cemetery Administration.

Mexicans in Chicago and around the world will celebrate Mexican Independence Day -- Mexico's independence from Spain -- with ...

One of the smallest countries in Europe and the world, popular with tourists from different regions, has experienced an acute ...