The War of 1812 is today a vague mystery, sometimes confused with the “1812 Overture” played at July 4 fireworks shows, but ...

By December of 1814, American forces were in tatters. The Redcoats had dominated them in the War of 1812, repulsed their ...

According to the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, from 1798 to 1921 the birthday of the Corps had been celebrated in July.

On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off ...

“Gentilly: A New Orleans Plantation in the French Atlantic World, 1818-1851” by Nathalie Dessens and Virginia Meacham Gould, Louisiana State University Press, 288 pages. I had long assumed that New ...

Sixty-five years ago today, the country music world lost a legend who recorded some of the genre's most memorable songs.

Most American towns have surrendered to chain restaurants and big-box stores, trading character for convenience somewhere along the way. But scattered across the country, certain places refused to ...

In the early years of the 19th century, the town of Keene prospered. As expanded transportation routes enabled the community ...

A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the ...

"The colonial city was at one point enclosed by fortifications — during the Spanish colonial period,” Wiese said.

In the turbulent year of 1346 during the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Crécy unfolded in northern France. Here, King Edward iii of England faced off against King Philip vi of France in a momentous ...