"Tears were running down my face," El-Fadel Arbab told CBS News of his joyous reunion with his wife and two young sons. "I just wanted to cry from all the happiness." After 332 anxious days brought on ...

Fleischer had boxed up the memoir and other items, including Sherman’s personal sword and military trunk, his family Bible and other mementos, driving them from a Sherman descendant’s home in western ...

I was born in Blackearth, Wisconsin many moons age on April 1 to birth parents who had moved there from a rural area of upstate New York west of Albany, the state capital. During the winter of 1929 ...

The film depicts the struggles of a family during the Civil War in 1863, highlighting the impact of the conflict on their lives. The narrative follows the protagonist, Jeff, as he navigates the ...

When the Civil War erupted in 1861, no one on Long Island had a more personal stake in the outcome than its Black residents. Although free, they were keenly aware of the impact of slavery. Most were ...

Veterans Day is coming up. I have never served in the armed forces, and they are most appreciative of that. They never needed recruits that badly. However, I am incredibly thankful to those who did ...

“History is written by the winners,” said Accad. “But there was no winner in Lebanon.” ...

Enslaved people were routinely separated from their families. Before slavery was abolished in the U.S., it was common practice for plantation owners to split up families by selling children away from ...