List of fair premiums shared newspaper space with Lincoln's death and an announcement of a circus coming to town.

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

Representatives from the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and Gettysburg National Military Park rangers last week marked possible Civil War artifacts in the field behind th ...

After the Civil War, those torn from loved ones and family members by slaveowners placed newspaper ads in the hope of reunion ...

One possibility looms large: a major homeland attack. In moments of national trauma, democratic norms can erode quickly.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has canceled visas for people from South Sudan because the country has refused to accept the ...

The program will begin at 11 a.m. and feature speakers, as well as the firing of a rifle salute by the 110th Ohio Volunteer ...

​ Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with four Times Opinion columnists about how ...

Thirty years after it ended, Gene Klare reluctantly agreed to talk about the traumatic period that upended his life. The occasion was an academic conference, held at Portland State in the 1990s. It ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

State television MRTV said the truce would run until April 22 and was aimed at showing compassion for people affected by ...