History

Guests: Edward Ayers Most histories of the civil war focus on the decisive battles, the military leaders, the bat ...

Visitors to the Penn Museum with visual impairments will be able to touch actual artifacts, including a 13-ton Egyptian sphinx.

John James of Southwest Philadelphia, now 98, completed officer training in 1942, but he was denied his rightfully earned bars because he is black.

Starting Monday, the Philadelphia History Museum will shut its doors after partnership talks with Temple University abruptly end.

Vietnam vets gather in Center City to share contributions to a new anthology of poetry about the scars of war.

More than 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the conflict, including more than 600 from the Philadelphia region.

The rhythm of African drums swelled on Saturday during the annual Juneteenth parade, commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865.

Leonard Miller’s first car was a 1940 Ford Club Coupe, a chop-top convertible that he modified with a Mercury motor and a transmission pulled from a Lincoln.

David McCullough, one of America’s most notable historians, now has a prize named after him.

On Saturday night at the South Philly String Band Club, the dads controlled the soundtrack.

Pier 53, in South Philly, was the city’s own version of Ellis Island. One woman has made it her business to preserve the stories of immigrants who came through the pier.

How hard was it to immigrate when people coming to the U.S. were more likely to be from Italy than El Salvador?

The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing from Thursday through Sunday.

The remains of four Native American children were being disinterred Thursday so they can start the long journey home.

Dig into the history of hip-hop in Philadelphia with two short documentaries at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.