Signs posted at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter ask visitors to report any information they experienced that may place American ...

During our guided tour of Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we discovered an original Civil War artillery shell still embedded in the fort’s brick wall. This powerful visual reminder of the ...

A historian who loves war stories, Bernard Cornwell has written some of the best, most experted researched historical fiction ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861.

Once upon a time, the Prince of Wales came to you might say a magical place called The Mansion House hotel in Mount Carbon, ...

Abner Doubleday is commonly thought of as the father of American Baseball. It’s a history worth celebrating, especially on ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ashore for the night, leaving the eight enslaved Black crew members ...

Can Kentucky sweep the porch at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park and California sound the foghorns at ...

On April 12, Confederate forces fired on U.S.-controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, an act that is considered the formal start of the war. A week later, Marylanders supporting ...

Trump's directive banning signage he would deem unpatriotic has left free speech advocates in disbelief, wondering how park ...