U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

Ceremonies were held throughout the county, and there was one group of people who held their ceremony in three different ...

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Known as Heroes Grove, the site commemorates the men and women of San Francisco who died in World War I. The granite monument has stood in the grove since 1932, but it was only recently that Ken Maley ...

It’s often been described as one of the most divisive conflicts in the history of our country. The Vietnam War went on for nearly two decades, taking a ...

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10 cases have been uncovered so far Similar kidnappings occurred during Argentina%27s %27Dirty War%27 529 reports of children who went missing during the war remain unsolved SAN SALVADOR ...

This World War 1 film featuring a star-studded cast of Daniel Craig, Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video ...

One of the first “Mother’s Day” celebrations was to unite women in the cause of world peace. In 1870 author and poet Julia Ward Howe issued a Mother’s Day proclamation encouraging women to ...

An auditorium of eager kids in Washington, Okla., were on the edge of their seats a few weeks ago as author Jennifer A. Nielsen told them about Lidia Durr Zakrzewski, a teenager who joined the ...