On Veterans Day, a World War II veteran was finally put to rest ... a Coast Guard Veteran said. James Polk, an Air Force ...

Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were ...

Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed expansionist, committed to acquiring California and New Mexico from Mexico even at the risk of war. Polk acquired the then British-held territory of Oregon and ...

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

The year is 1846, U.S. President James Polk just sent General Zachary Taylor and a number of horse soldiers to Texas to force the claim that the southern border of America is the Rio Grande River.

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate ... His attempt to acquire California and New Mexico from the south provoked the Mexican War... Died: June 15, 1849. Polk was the last strong ...