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Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later choseFeb. 14as his birthdate. We urge all Americans ...

RIDGWAY — At 6 p.m. Nov. 21, the Elk County Council on the Arts, 237 Main St., will host Elk County’s PJ Piccirillo as he brings his extensive researc...

Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profo...

JUNETEENTH: The federal holiday of Juneteenth — June 19 — is America’s second independence day, the date when slavery ended in the U.S. The National M...

Justice Antonin Scalia was among the most prescient Supreme Court justices in American history, and the firestorm over the leak of Justice Samuel Alit...

It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by The New York Times 1619 project as a fight to preserve slavery. Juneteenth, a ...

On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas. They carried a message for the 250,000 enslaved people of the Confederate stat...

“The past is another country,” wrote the late author Christopher Hitchens, “and it can be a big mistake to try to revisit or recapture it.” This is es...