In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

D.C. will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Emancipation Day holiday this weekend. President Abraham Lincoln signed the D ...

A pair of blood-stained white kid-leather gloves carried by the president during the night of his assassination on April 14, ...

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

Once upon a time (c’mon Nacca, you gotta be kidding!) there was a restaurant owner whose business was starving for customers.

Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the Ford's Theatre 2025-2026 season, featuring the world premiere of Chess Jakobs's The American Five, from The Ford's Theatre Legacy ...

Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

Catch the National Cherry Blossom Festival parade and street festival, shop vintage at a ticketed market, or celebrate D.C. Emancipation Day with fireworks.

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story ...

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

Bryan Butler, manager of water and utility services for Muscatine Power and Water, attended Thursday's City Council meeting ...