Washington DC attracts millions of visitors every year, but behind the iconic monuments and must-see museums, there’s a wealth of lesser-known gems vying for your attention, writes Helen Van Berkel ...

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It’s almost time for the Southern California Museums “Free-For-All” day, when people can visit a host of museums for free.

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

Abraham stands as one of the most pivotal figures in the Bible, revered not only for his role as the patriarch of the Israelites but also for his unwavering faith and obedience to God. Often referred ...

Chilean architect Cazu Zegers has been chosen to design a memorial garden at the Red Cross headquarters. In the architect's own words, this project "aims to showcase the selfless efforts of those ...

But Gettysburg has also been a symbol of America’s commitments to freedom and democracy, thanks to the immortal speech that Abraham Lincoln ... the steps of the Lincoln Memorial — with a ...

Redlands’ Lincoln Memorial Shrine will present historian Megan Kate Nelson, author of the 2020 book “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the ...

An artist’s sketch of a woman hidden on concrete walls deep in the undercroft, or basement, of the Lincoln Memorial for over a century may be graffiti of the early film star Theda Bara ...

Not wanting them to be left to deteriorate, the Australian War Memorial (AWM) decided to preserve some of the items left at the sculpture. They have since been added to the national collection ...

Long hidden graffiti scrawled on a pillar deep beneath the Lincoln Memorial may be a besotted worker’s drawing of a sexy screen siren from the silent age of film. Workers discovered the graffiti ...