Along with 13 other sites, Fort Sumter joins a network of over 740 locations connected to enslaved people’s struggle to ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service.

Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to social justice. For 45 years, she fought for women’s suffrage with little obvious ...

The historic John Ravenel house on High Battery in Charleston is for sale for $22.25 million. Take a tour inside.

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

To experience one of the most significant sites in America's long and storied history, tourists should take a trip to South ...

Readers of the Washington Post flocked to read Jeff Bezos' essay this week defending his decision to stop his editorial board ...