"People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in announcing the ship named after the gay rights leader would now be called the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

More than a century after her death, the Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore commissioned abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a one-star general.

More than a century after her death, the Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore commissioned abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a one-star general. The Underground Railroad leader was the first ...

More than a century after her death, the Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore commissioned abolitionist Harriet Tubman as a one-star general. The Underground Railroad leader was the first ...

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.