The lack of pensions for Revolutionary War veterans was a national shame so profound that President James Monroe included it ...

Nineteen fifty-six was a fitting year for the formal opening of Allen County’s new museum, the Lima News wrote, explaining that it marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Pillars, whose ...

The White House wasn’t always white, and it definitely wasn’t always American in design. Irish architects left their mark on ...

NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the ...

Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...

Weekend-long event brings re-enactment hobbyists from Canada and the U.S. together to commemorate a key battle in the War of ...

A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design ...

Despite the muskets, bayonets and firing cannons, organizers of the annual Battle of Stoney Creek re-enactment — which takes ...

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

There are so many wars and conflicts that we have experienced since fighting for our independence, it would be difficult to summarize them all. Consequently, as a final segment to our month of May ...

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission violated federal maritime code, which says 75% of a Coast Guard ship's crew ...

From crumbling fortresses and mountain battlefields to rusty gun emplacements and skeletal ships, there are ghostly reminders ...