James K. Polk was born on November 2, 1795, in a log cabin in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, the oldest of 10 children. He ...

As America pushed westward, old divisions over slavery deepened — setting the stage for Civil War. America was halfway ...

The Stono Rebellion, in which a slave who could read, saw a leaflet from Spanish-held Florida, promising freedom to anyone who could get there. Stono and his compatriots fail. But their mere attempt ...

As a certain prominent American grabs headlines with his home renovation works, Julie Lasky considers why people in the US ...

Founded 250 years ago, in November of 1775, the United States Marine Corps has become one of the most elite fighting forces ...

In the United States, theirs began with their war of independence, and big names likes Ben Franklin, Samuel and John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, et al, marshaled a martial gusto that ripened into an ...

After years of heated debates over statues, museums, and so-called “cancel culture,” the fight over memory and heritage shows ...

Even as the real frontier faded, its spirit lived on in American storytelling. Through the mid-20th century, the TV western kept that myth alive — “Stagecoach,” “High Noon,” “The Searchers,” “Bonanza, ...

The headache-inducing, 36-second clip, posted Saturday with the caption “The last best hope of man on Earth,” features an ...

Anish Kapoor is mulling legal action after U.S. Border Patrol agents posed for a group photo in front of his Chicago ...

It was a warm welcome for the Disney Destiny at Port Everglades. Marking a major milestone, Destiny is the newest<a ...