On May 20, history buffs and lawmakers gathered on the State House lawn for Lafayette Day to honor General Marquis de Lafayette, the French military leader considered a hero of the American Revolution ...

World War I isn’t taught properly in our history classes. We lack proper perspective. Back then, America was naive. We had a ...

Far from the main action, the Spanish fought to reclaim Southern territory from the British, tying up their forces and aiding ...

The Grand Rapids Public Museum is unveiling five mannequin displays representing real Michigan heroes, including an Odawa ...

The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark ...

The documentary "En Terrain Neutre" (Neutral Ground) puts the spotlight on Swiss neutrality in a comic road movie that comes ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright's original 1903 Flyer made history. But it took them another two years, among crashes and technical ...

A veteran of the storied French Foreign Legion who later served as an infantry officer in the US military, Nicholas has ...

More than half a century after his death, General de Gaulle continues to inspire filmmakers, cartoonists and comic book ...

Discover a hidden Illinois fortress with French colonial roots, river drama, stone walls, rare history, and surprising ...

Born in Chester in 1899, Lawrence Stannard joining the B&A at age 16, later serving in the 14th Engineers, 1st Army Corps in ...