Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

When Farragut is remembered, it’s usually from a famous utterance during the Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864. During this Civil War battle, it was discovered that Mobile Bay was booby ...

The letter incensed Matthews, an Army veteran who served in the Korean War, a proud Black man ... of activists who continue the battle for equality and civil rights. One of those inspired by ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the ...

The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands ...

ZIAD ALISSA, a Syrian doctor who lives in France and recently visited Palmyra, one of the many tourists to come to one of Syria’s most stunning heritage sites and ponder how it may fit into the ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings ...

To kick off the commemoration, the Hawaii 250th Commission, and the U.S. Army held a ceremony at Fort Shafter recalling “The Shot Heard Round the World.” ...

Japan launched a surprise night attack at Guadalcanal, as Admiral Mikawa’s fleet raced to crush the Allied invasion—igniting ...