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

If you've heard the name "Laura Secord," you probably think of it being synonymous with the famed chocolate store.  However, ...

British interference with trade, including impressments of American sailors from American ships, finally reached a tipping point and, on June 18, 1812, the United States declared war.

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 ...

We still haven’t learned the lesson of 9/11. The problem with searching the world for monsters to destroy is that they follow ...

During the Colonial era, tea was often a staple of polite society. It was served with morning breakfast as well as at ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ordered the family name of a Confederate leader restored to a base under his father's name.

A Baltimore preservation society is sharing its concerns with city leaders after asphalt was used to cover historic railroad tracks in Fells Point.

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 ...

Crowds flocked to Castle Island to check out Old Ironsides and her annual Fourth of July turnaround in Boston Harbor, along with a 21-gun salute. The USS Constitution goes underway in Boston Harbor at ...