Deborah Sampson covered her chest with a tight piece of cloth, adopted a man's name and enlisted in the Continental Army's elite light infantry in 1782. For 17 months, she marched through the Hudson ...

The familiar tale of "Romeo and Juliet" is given a twist by the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts, as it is ...

In 1862, jewelry engraver and amateur photographer William H. Mumler was developing a self-portrait in his Boston studio when a ghostly image began to surface. Just below his own image in the photo ...

resentation of “Just Before the Battle, Mother: A Visit from a Civil War Soldier” by O.J. Fargo will be 1 p.m. Saturday,Nov. 1 at the Davenport American Legion hall, 702 W. 35th St., Davenport. This ...

With the assistance of advanced remote sensing technology and the help of a determined local historian, archaeologists believe they’ve discovered the location of two mass graves of Black Union ...

Dan Mason in 1864 Credit: Courtesy of Glover Historical Society On a 2007 outing to the Northeast Kingdom, Tyler Alexander stopped by the Westlook Cemetery in Glover to visit his grandfather’s grave.

From sugar shortages to military contracts, World War II helped make M&Ms and Hershey’s bars into symbols of American abundance. By Diana Hubbell Published Oct 1, 2025 9:00 AM EDT Image: ...

Trump says cities can be "training grounds" for military; mentions order he signed may help handle "the enemy within" The president raised his controversial use of the military for law enforcement, ...

On Sept. 30, 2025, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald Trump told hundreds of military officials that American cities should serve as “training grounds” for U.S. troops, a proposal that ...

A female warlord who has been accused of recruiting and leading child soldiers in Liberia’s civil wars was deported from the United States and returned to Liberia earlier this month by U.S.

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." William Butler Yeats wrote those words about Europe after the Great War, but they ring with terrible clarity this week ...