The Fort Pierce Highwaymen Museum is expected to open Feb. 15-16 during its namesake's annual festival weekend.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

A visit to resistance-held Karen State reveals the impact of four years of war, and the determination of ordinary citizens to ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Eden Prairie erected a memorial at Purgatory Creek Park to honor military veterans. Now it is the site of yearly Memorial Day ceremonies, and it is admired as one of the best ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

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

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

Having "a good figure," "the ability to carry on a lively conversation" and being "single–not engaged" were among the ...

The coup and ensuing civil war have ravaged Myanmar’s economy ... doctors, teachers, nurses and other educated professionals. It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade ...