“General Washington and Thomas Jefferson both said that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War,” according to playwright/author Robert Inman. “That’s the reason we ...

And like any good treasure, Fulton remains somewhat hidden—a gem tucked away in Callaway County, just 25 miles east of Columbia and about 100 miles west of St. Louis.

During the civil war, on the mainland, where Greeks fought against other Greeks for petty political reasons, a major massacre took place on Psara Island. The destruction of Psara on July 5, 1824, was ...

The Kansas-Missouri border war was more brutal, bloody and consequential than anything you might remember from history class.

The rebel women of the North during the War of Independence: hiding rifles in the kitchen and ammunition under bedclothes There are many neglected stories of Northern republican women in the War ...

The 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is being remembered with reenactments, tours, seminars and other events around the state this fall, including an event in Southwest ...

Tensions in American society today have analysts hurriedly investigating the origins of America’s Civil War. Can they glean lessons from that tragic history? Numerous volumes have been written ...

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After the event was made a holiday in 2021, states have taken different approaches when it comes to marking the occasion.

The Republic of China is the official name for Taiwan, used by the nationalist government that fled to the island after losing the Chinese Civil War to Communist forces in 1949.

Archaeologists from Missouri State University were denied a full excavation of the farm site by James River Church before it became a parking lot.

The decimation of Washington in “Civil War” hits you in the gut, which is actually kind of weird. Filmmakers love to destroy Washington. We see them do it - for the wrong reasons - all the time.