As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War winds down toward its conclusion this spring, it’s difficult not to look back on the four years of this sesquicentennial and wonder why it all seemed so ...

Feb. 1, 1865, marked a pivotal moment in the history of the United States, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the joint resolution proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, formally ...

"Making Amends," the title of the Clinton Presidential Center's new special exhibition, is unlikely to set hearts throbbing. But its topic -- the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- continues to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palm Beach land baron Ken Griffin likes old things. Like dinosaur bones. Last year, he paid $44.6 million for a late Jurassic-era ...

It was Jan. 31, 1865, John Ganson was sitting in Congress waiting for the roll call to approve the 13th Amendment. The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, ...

Americans celebrated Constitution Day on Wednesday, marking the ratification of the founding document for the nation’s government. To mark the occasion and ahead of the U.S. semiquincentennial, the ...