James Buchanan. Prior to becoming the 15th president, Buchanan practiced law in Pennsylvania and was elected to the ...

Area residents are accustomed to seeing flags placed beside the graves of military veterans in time for Memorial Day.

Wilcox Road is named for Amos Willcox, another militia veteran and local landowner. Unlike many members of the militia, Amos ...

The war of 1812 had just broken out the month before. The American schooner Cuyahoga Packet was sailing ... near Riviere aux Raisins under Major General Henry Procter, when he was shot in the back of ...

16 months into his term President Zachary Taylor became the second Chief Executive to die in office and with him died what could have been the last chance of preventing the impending Civil War.

But often it is attrition that is decisive in modern warfare. As Stalin observed in the wake of the Second World War, “Hitler ...

William Henry Harrison began his career in the military, served as Secretary of the Northwest Territory, and Governor of ...

In 1828, with the backing of his new party, Andrew Jackson ran for the presidency once again. Jackson handily beat Adams in ...

Discover local connections to history at the 26th annual commemoration of the Battle of Plattsburgh! On September 11, 1814 a ...

Insights Some generals went on to become President of the United States.  All of the generals became well-known because of ...

The California-based Barna Group, which has polled American evangelicals since the 1980s, estimates, “Prayer is not only the ...

When the world snoops on the relationship between the United States and Canada, they see a complicated marriage.