Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions ...

Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for ...

When Jackie’s owner left for the war, he brought Jackie along with him, and the baboon became the mascot of the 3rd South African Infantry Brigade. Jackie helped boost morale among the soldiers ...

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the ...

It's all of a piece with Trump's desire to restore Confederate monuments and milk anti-Black and anti-immigrant animus for ...

In the photograph, the young soldier looks past the camera lens. Blood stains his face from shrapnel wounds. Grenades hang ...

While performing in a sold-out show during the Paris stop of her Cowboy Carter Tour, Beyoncé was heavily criticized for ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

The fort had been renamed in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black soldier who was considered one of the first heroes of World War I after he fought off about two dozen Germans alone ...

Dylann Roof has a legitimate claim to the heritage that Nikki Haley upholds for its devotion to family and tradition, traits ...

With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their ...