The Mesoamerican drinking chocolates are where things get really interesting. These recipes are based on how the Aztecs and ...

Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave ...

St. Patrick wasn't Irish, and the holiday wasn't always a party. Here's the story behind March 17 and its modern traditions.

St. Patrick's Day is March 17. Learn about the holiday's origins, St. Patrick's life, and Irish American heritage.

Before parades and green beer, St. Patrick’s Day was a modest religious observance. Here’s how it evolved into celebration Californians know today.

In the months before the Easter Rising, St. Patrick’s Day marches offered a glimpse of Ireland’s rising nationalist energy.

Remembering the African leader after a Brussels court this week ordered a retired Belgian diplomat stand trial for his 1961 ...

According to the prevailing English accounts, King Harold made a momentous, 200-mile march over land to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE after dismissing his naval fleet. His subsequent defeat ...

March 15 once again marks the Ides of March, a date linked annually to doom and misfortune due to the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E.

New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals that King Harold's legendary 200-mile march to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 never happened. Instead, the journey was made largely by sea ...

Behind the shamrocks and gold-tipped rainbows, Ireland is packed with surprises—both in its history and in the ways it has ...

On March 16, 1751, James Madison, "Father of the Constitution," was born.