American history

Dozens of rare and historic Civil War battle flags stored at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka are falling apart and in desperate need of restoration. But repairing just a single flag can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Sometimes the little places you pass every day hold much more significance than you realize. That's the case for a Stafford County, Kansas cemetery that holds the graves of some of Kansas' early Black residents.

Many Americans were taught in school that the tradition of Thanksgiving dates back to the pilgrims.But, as The New York Times reports, the story most of…

This holiday, here’s a little known story about Thanksgiving in America, courtesy of TIME magazine. Many schoolchildren learn that the first Thanksgiving…