On the eve of the presidential election in November, I traveled with my wife and grandson to visit Gettysburg National ...

USC is stepping up to create a Center for American Civic Leadership and Scholarship aimed at teaching about government, ...

There was a different twist on history during the March 6 First Thursday History Presentation at the Jamestown Public Library. Jamestown resident Jim Lutzweiler critiqued the book “The Demon of ...

All the plans are made here for you to explore a peaceful area filled with historical charm, good food and movie memories ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

Hunting Island State Park, just a short drive from downtown, offers 5,000 acres of maritime forest, marsh, and beach, including the only publicly accessible lighthouse in South Carolina. The climb to ...

Life moves at the pace of a gentle coastal breeze in Beaufort, South Carolina, where centuries-old live oaks draped in Spanish moss frame historic homes and the tidal waters of the Lowcountry lap ...

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

South Carolina executed a convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday, the first use of the method in the United States in ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

Firing squads were primarily used only in Utah, where the lawmakers in 1851 designated three possible punishments for murder: ...

The Chetek Area Book Club will host an approximately hourlong discussion of best-selling author Erik Larson’s non-fiction work, “The Demon of Unrest: A saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at ...