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The president’s recent executive order directed at the institution will face a lot of procedural headwinds before he can MAGA ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

Seen in their entirety for the first time, Emma Mordecai's US Civil War writings paint a seemingly contradictory picture of ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

The National Park Service returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, ...

WSJ's Doug Blackmon discusses his book, "Slavery by Another Name," an account of the period between the U.S. Civil War and ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he ...

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Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...