150th Anniversary of the First Shot of the American Civil War
On April 12, 1861, a single shell arched above the waters of the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, toward Fort Sumter; the Civil War had begun.
Read MoreOn April 12, 1861, a single shell arched above the waters of the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, toward Fort Sumter; the Civil War had begun.
Read MoreTheodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt may have first used the term he popularized, 'Walk softly and carry a big stick,' in this letter written while he was governor of New York.
Read MoreThe year 2011 is the 175th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo and 'The Glorious Texas Revolution and Great Runaway Scrap.'
Read MoreFrank Buckles, at age 110 the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died in West Virginia on February 27, 2011.
Read MoreA report in The Times of London saying Gen. David Petraeus would resign as commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan by the end of the year appears to have been a bit premature.
Read MoreEgypt's embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, has handled power to the military and stepped down.
Read MoreEd Mauser, oldest surviving member of Easy Company, the 'Band of Brothers,' died at age 93.
Read MoreNewly declassified transcripts give details of diplomatic deliberations between the U.S., the Soviet Union and Saddam Hussein
Read MoreEleven Lebanese cabinet members resigned to protest a United Nations-backed tribunal that is expected to indict members of Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of a prime minister.
Read MoreNazis obsessed over a Finnish dog that seemed to mock Hitler by giving the Nazi salute.
Read MoreMajor Dick Winters, the decorated World War II paratrooper made famous in Band of Brothers, has passed away at the age of 92.
Read MoreModern additions to what may be the only documented Underground Railroad station remaining in Manhattan has sparked a fight between preservationists, city departments and the building's owner.
Read MoreGeraldine Hoff Doyle, whose photo inspired the iconic Rosie the Riveter image on a World War II poster, died at the age of 86 in Lansing, Michigan.
Read MoreA coded 1863 message to the Confederate commander at Vicksburg, Mississippi, was recently removed from a bottle and decoded.
Read MoreLinks to 2010 news stories and veterans' reminiscences related to the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Read MoreNorth Korean artillery shelled a populated South Korean island, and South Korea scrambled F-16 fighter jets and returned fire.
Read MoreAn article about an American unit in Afghanistan shows the old maxim is still true - war is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of shear terror.
Read MoreThe Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library in Springfield, Illinois, recently acquired a previously unknown photo of of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's mischievous son Tad.
Read MoreStaff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta from Hiawatha, Iowa, is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
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