His design was criticized as banal and beneath its subject. It was also praised for fitting seamlessly into hallowed space on ...

Confederate Texans and indigenous peoples during the American Civil War. In the summer of 1861, Confederate troops invaded New Mexico from Texas, hoping to conquer that territory and then launch a ...

A century ago, the Jazz Age was in full swing, Mount Rushmore was on its way to becoming a lasting U.S. memorial, and Hitler ...

The USS Ward's place in history The Ward and its crew hold an honor that no other ship can match, coming at the dawn of World War II ... A federal judge in New York held former Mayor Rudy Giuliani ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is being honored in Washington National Cathedral, where the country’s five living presidents have gathered to bid farewell to one of their own, joining current and ...

The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ... to Harris. [New York Times] 4. It saved the civil rights ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

A monument honoring 70 Black Union soldiers who fought for the U.S. in the Civil War will be unveiled at the historic First Baptist ... agreeing that the Veterans Memorial Park would be a suitable ...

The La Salle Institute and Troy will host the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica “The Wall That Heals” in June. The Wall, a three-quarters scale of the monument in DC, holds the names of the 58,281 ...

Larkin and his buddies worked through the night, and on New Year's Day, the statue was well received by the public. The New York Sun newspaper named the figure "the Goddess of Fame" and said the angel ...