Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.
In August, Austin, the son of David and Elizabeth Ingall of Temperance, learned he was one of just 10 U.S. students selected for the annual Youth Leadership Team by the American Battlefield Trust.
A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” being staged at the National Gallery. one mile from the White House, makes it impossible to divorce from current events.