On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle ...

The U.S. military changes its uniforms every so often ... tradition of carrying a flag into battle. During the American Civil War, it was considered a position of honor to carry the colors ...

New Year's Eve has often meant hardship for soldiers. This story honors their courage and sacrifice throughout history.

The first New year's Day after the Civil War ended brought hopes for a "fixed and permanent" peace for the still-traumatized ...

Taoiseach (Leader) Simon Harris and President Michael D Higgins among other Irish ... US presidential race in 1976 and won the presidency in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War.

Tiny clay cats reenacting Civil War battles? At Civil War Tails in Gettysburg, history gets a playful twist, making it a must ...

Notre Dame is a wonderful place to teach Irish American history ... university during his 1919 American tour, I discovered that on the stop he viewed the Civil War sword of Thomas Francis Meagher.

Lola Petticrew had a phase, where if they passed by a bookshop and saw Anna Burns’ Milkman, they had to buy it. ‘I’m a walking cliché,’ the Belfast-born actor says. ‘I grew up consuming so much Irish ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in northeastern Myanmar, might seem a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead ... lonely hearts in the United States, China, Europe and ...

Despite California's kumbaya vibe, a deep lode of hate and racist one-upmanship undergirds Southern California.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris of antisemitism Monday because of his criticism of the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza. Saar said in a ...