During the War of 1812, hundreds of enslaved men, women and children would do anything to help secure their freedom. Even if ...

The Louisiana National Guard has returned the name Camp Beauregard to its military training center in Pineville, honoring a state militia veteran from the War of 1812 instead of the Confederate ...

Jefferson was a passionate music lover and an amateur violinist. He had a collection of harpsichords and pianos at his home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va., and owned a prolific collection of ...

This year, our family holidays took place in Central Canada, a region my children had never visited before. We explored ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the ...

James Madison Porter (1793-1862) was born in Montgomery County, but his real career and reputation were made in Northampton ...

Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

Calling all history buffs! Step back in time at one of these significant sites in each state, from Revolutionary War ...

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” — Francis Scott Key, September 1814, Flag at Fort McHenry By Jacquelin Carnegie - ...

In 2024, they made up about 14% of Canada’s active Armed Forces, even though they represent less than 1% of the country’s ...

In 1946, for a brief time, Buffalo had teams in four professional sports leagues, and all of them were the Bisons. (This was ...