Discover Texas' rich cartographic history with "Texas Takes Shape," featuring over 100 historical maps from the General Land Office.

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Known nationally for his opposition to desegregation and federal civil rights mandates, Wallace used Wisconsin as a political ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

As celebrations began on the East Coast for the first Fourth of July, a distant Colorado was untouched by British colonials.

After the 'No Kings' protests of June 14, two readers use the 4th of July to reflect on America's past and present.

Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...

Jefferson, an avid weather observer, kept meticulous climate records throughout his life. In Philadelphia, during the summer ...