Family naming traditions can make historical research a challenging hobby. Some local families named sons and daughters after ...

Two Lions players have won Victoria Crosses. Friends Robert Johnston and Tom Crean, who toured South Africa in 1896, won VCs ...

Police having failed, in Vorchheimer’s estimation, to tackle anti-Jewish incitement, he’s stepped into the breach, suing ...

Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...

In 1942, with World War 2 raging across continents, the island of Madagascar emerged as a pivotal prize in the struggle for control over the Indian Ocean. Governed by the Vichy French, Madagascar’s ...

Kurt Knispel was a Sudeten German Heer panzer loader, gunner and later commander. He was the highest scoring tank ace of ...

From war dramas like "Saving Private Ryan" to musicals like "Hamilton," these are the films that scream "America" to us.

Photographer Drew Nash's grandfather, Robert E. Nash, (2nd Row, 5th from left) trained in Farragut, Idaho during World War II ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 04. Check what happened ...

Independence Day is the perfect holiday to watch historically accurate movies. From a story of faith like HACKSAW RIDGE to ...