NEW BEDFORD ‒ Coshocton County native Solomon Duncan served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War, surviving the conflict unscathed. But he didn't make it home alive. Five months after the ...

This week, NPR begins its series Off The Mark, about the nation's historical markers. There are more than 180,000 markers across the country. Have you ever stopped to read one? Well, NPR has spent the ...

How many times have you passed a historical marker on the side of the road or stood in front of one on the street and wondered, who writes these things? Who decided this needed to be here? NPR has ...

Historical markers have been used to spread hate — with racist language, ideas and intent. They also have been able to unlock secrets — even from a long-forgotten murder in rural Alabama. This week, ...