1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (71+ words) NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Andrew Iden, Executive Producer of Marked!: The Podcast, which examines Georgia's role in America's revolutionary period through the 2,000 roadside historical marker. Georgia's unique in the American Revolution told through its historical markers NPR's Don Gonyea…...

15+ hour, 1+ min ago  (418+ words) Today is Sunday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2026. There are 172 days left in the year. On July 12, 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (233+ words) The Menomonee Falls Historical Society will be presented the 34th annual Civil War Encampment at Old Falls Village on July 18-19. Old Falls Village is located at the southwest corner of County Line and Pilgrim Roads. Admission for the event is $8 for…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago  (595+ words) Updated on: July 12, 2026 / 2:53 PM EDT / CBS Atlanta A new exhibition opening at the Atlanta History Center is inviting visitors to step into one of the most consequential chapters in American history — and to consider how its legacy continues to shape…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1772+ words) We gather in solemn remembrance of the sons of South Africa who served and died during the First World War. We remember them not merely as names inscribed upon stone, nor as figures recorded in military archives, but as human…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago  (487+ words) On Friday the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center announced that the Boston firm Model of Architecture Serving Society, better known as MASS Design Group, along with sculptor Dana King, will transform the melted remains of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (186+ words) A new bronze monument honoring the soldiers of the 111th New York Infantry Regiment will soon be installed in Lyons, recognizing the sacrifices of local men who fought during the Civil War. Created by nationally recognized sculptor Gary Casteel, the monument,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1465+ words) The Lake George Examiner What's going on in Lake George? In July 1776, in the stifling heat of the Philadelphia Statehouse, the nation’s Founding Fathers cast their votes to declare independence from Great Britain. Meanwhile, 300 miles north, American soldiers were returning…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (460+ words) Carl Swick's Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address during the Clarksburg History Museum's open house on July 11, 2026. Attendees listen to Pete Taylor's presentation on the evolution of doctors and medicine during the Civil War era at the Clarksburg History Museum…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (296+ words) Editor's note: part of a series on Civil War notables. Sam Watkins was a young Confederate private from Tennessee whose vivid memoir of serving in the 1st Tennessee Regiment gives one of the best firsthand accounts of what it was like…...