Shadows-on-the-Teche
New Iberia, Louisiana | This 1834 plantation home and gardens on the banks of Bayou Teche was home to the Weeks family for four generations before...
Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta, Georgia | This national cemetery is the burial site of more than 13,000 Union soldiers who were casualties from battles in the area.
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site & Monument
Pembroke, Kentucky | The site commemorates the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the preisdent of the Confederate States of America.
Centenary State Historic Site and Jackson Confederate Cemetery
Jackson, Louisiana | The historic site is a former college that interprets the history of education in Louisiana.
The Lynching Of John Humphries
On July 15, 1888, a mob of 25 to 40 white men lynched John Humphries, a Black teenager. Previously, on July 14, the daughter of a white planter...
U.S. Grant Home State Historic Site
Galena, Illinois | On August 18, 1865, citizens of Galena celebrated the return of Civil War hero Gen. Ulysses S. Grant by presenting him with this...