In 1949 the U.S. War Department changed its name. Branches of the armed forces were then administered under the new name Department of Defence. This newly defined mandate of defending the United ...

Alfred and Robert Taylor were brothers campaigning to be Tennessee's governor in 1886. Their race was civil and a hopeful model for modern candidates.

Effective Monday, the Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville will once again be called Camp Beauregard at the ...

The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian kitsch: Canadian-side Niagara Falls projected onto a wall; a Wall of Heroes ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset ...

At Fort Ligonier on Friday, excitement was in the air as it unveiled a new exhibit and talked about the ongoing archaeological work surrounding what is called George Washington's "friendly fire ...

The Pride of Baltimore II entered the harbor for the festival of sail and docked behind the DECC alongside a variety of other tall ships. This exact clipper ship was launched in 1988 and is a ...

Congress has failed to exercise their constitutional duty to oversee the use of America’s brave fighting men and women in ...

Step inside Virginia’s historic homes and discover spaces seemingly untouched by time, each preserving elegant details and ...

Warehouse membership club Costco is closed on July Fourth. Most other major national retailers such as Target and Walmart ...

This Fourth of July, during a day of parades, baseball and barbecues, somewhere, close by, a marching band surely will be ...