Official State Motto Refined (May 24, 1907): Acting Governor Xenophon O. Pindall signed an act in Little Rock changing the ...

In communities across the nation, people will gather this weekend at cemeteries and various monuments established to honor the memories of our military veterans in observance of Memorial Day. We often ...

It’s been a travel-for-work kind of week, and I’m so lucky that, for me, it means driving in a state as beautiful as West Virginia is in late spring. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, ...

In 1866, following the Civil War, Henry Welles, a drugstore owner in Waterloo, New York, had an inspiration. That inspiration helped create Memorial Day, our most sacred national holiday. He ...

It is difficult for me to understand why so many Americans seem to like seeing our country divided into factions on social terms (friends/enemies), by racial background (white, black, brown, blended ...

While studying his family history, veteran Matt Saxton discovered a distant relative who served in the War of 1812 and whose grave in Moscow had a headstone in disrepair.

The new reservation system at state parks is a way officials are tackling capacity-driven closures, overcrowding and traffic ...

The Truman Library Institute will mark the 75th anniversary of President Truman's Freedom to Serve report with a Kansas City ...

May 22, 2025 (San Diego) -- Long-time San Diego resident Al (A.J.) Converse has written a historical fiction novel about his ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

A rare American-built gunboat from the Revolutionary War, unearthed at Ground Zero, is now on display at the New York State ...

The Henry Clay Desk has been assigned to the senior senator from Kentucky since 1999. The resolution formalizing that was amended in 2006 so U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, could assign it to ...