It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery ...

The War of 1812 is often seen as a minor conflict in the grand scheme of history, but what if the outcome had been drastically different? What if the United States had emerged victorious over Britain?

This is the 18th piece of a recurring series where the Tribune explores little known historical gems within Matagorda County.

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

In 2024, they made up about 14% of Canada’s active Armed Forces, even though they represent less than 1% of the country’s ...

Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

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 ...

In its current incarnation as the mainstage production of Musicals at RIchter (all of whose shows are performed under the ...

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