The video uses historical images and records to show the damage left as Union forces under General William Tecumseh Sherman ...

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At the turn of the century, a glowing electric cross could be seen shining at night over Soquel, visible for miles in every ...

Critics of former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms say she let the city burn. That narrative is overblown but effective against the Democratic nominee for Georgia governor.

On Nov. 13, Heritage Auctions will offer a rare gilded bronze reduction of Saint-Gaudens’s Victory as the centerpiece of its American Art Signature® Auction. The sculpture’s connections reach from the ...

Bundled in a parka against a biting wind with a carpenter’s level in hand, Mike Brady, 88, laid out the foundation for ...

By Sirius McDonell Writer/Reporter  The tradition of storytelling isn’t a new practice. It has been around for hundreds, even ...

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War is hell; that’s what American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman said on more than one occasion. But for a country to be betrayed by its own President is ...

Having had a few days now to watch realtime reactions to Monday’s Alberta referendum result, I keep thinking of the U.S. Civil War. It was the first major war, the first continental-scale war, to be ...

The best-selling historian sits down with National Geographic to talk about his fast-paced new book that places San Francisco at the center of American events.

"I did jump into politics and a career-long public life, and — God forgive me, because the voters won’t — I loved it," Mike ...