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According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.
Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...
America is at war with itself. Many, myself included, fear that political, social, cultural, ideological and economic ...
Many battles have been fought and are now history. Our Congress has decided in favor of President Trump and his reconciliation bill and he signed it on the Fourth of ...
Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...
There is a book published in 2018 that has ramifications to the past and future of the Pocono-Northeast. The title is ...
Wikimedia Commons/bnbnhjt The 1939 Marian Anderson Easter Concert (Washington, D.C.) On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson sang ...
Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...
For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...
Last Friday marked 100 years since the Klan held an Independence Day parade, with 3,000 members marching through downtown ...
Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...
Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...