Former President Donald Trump is coming back to the White House in January. He’ll need to choose his top national security officials wisely. He promised in 2016 that he would not surround himself ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

The country has been mired in conflict since it gained independence from Britain in 1948, but it has been gripped by an increasingly savage civil war for the ... Like kids the world over, you ...

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Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

My great-grandfather, William Crawford, fought in the Civil ... Civil War, decided to seek adventure and make up his own war stories in the jungles of the Philippines during the Spanish-American ...

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He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

A s the reality of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory begins to settle, LGBTQ+ rights groups and individuals are ...

1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.