Test your knowledge of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'! This quiz covers the U.S. National Anthem's history, composer Francis ...

Wikimedia Commons/William Henry Powell The Battle of Lake Erie British control of Lake Erie was strangling American forces in ...

Black Refugees made the difficult choice to leave Nova Scotia for an uncertain future in the slave colony of Trinidad. That decision led to a fascinating achievement two centuries later in Canada.

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

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

Saturday is Carolina Day, marking the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's Islandduring the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first decisive victo ...

I took my young son to a ballgame. After buying way more snacks than we needed, we found our seats just in time for the National Anthem. I reminded him to remove his hat and place it over his heart.

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 - ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Amber Speer, a native of Plainfield, Illinois, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of independence while serving aboard USS Constitution, the Navy’s ...

1986: Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74. 1991: Labour MP Terry Fields is sentenced to 60 ...

"The jokes and memes and rumours and conspiracy theories are affecting the image and credibility of the British Royal Navy. The longer the jet stays stranded, the more disinformation will come out." ...

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will levy parking fees on a grounded British Royal Navy F-35 fighter jet, stranded for nearly 10 days due to ...