American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

The Apple TV+ docuseries doesn't feature pundits or historians as talking heads, focusing instead on the people on the ground ...

By Farooq A. KperogiIn the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, ...

After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American waters. The power brokers in Washington panicked. Everyone except Navy Secretary ...

WASHINGTON – Two groups of advocates – a coalition of 18 states and a collection of immigration groups led by the American Civil ... after the Civil War, and upheld by the Supreme Court ...

The Netflix show American Primeval depicts ... Meadows Massacre took place during the Utah War—a conflict some refer to as the nation’s first civil war. Here’s what led to the horrific ...

21 (UPI) --The American Civil Liberties Union filed a ... The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 following the Civil War, was intended to grant citizenship to people who were born in the United ...

His parents were Reva Pearl (Whitlock) Jones and Lewis Edward Jones ... buff who loved reading about our presidents and the Civil War. He also created a genealogy spanning three generations ...

He was an Assad loyalist and, as the country descended into civil war, publicly warned Washington and other Western nations against taking military action against the government. “I say to all ...