In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American people—even in defeat—and makes a rare ...

History will come alive Saturday at The Newtown Library Company’s annual fundraising Book Lovers Party, where it will honor ...

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, ...

Plans for a new data center near Belmont include call for preserving the area around Hunter's Iron Works, which operated in ...

Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Parade is on the same day as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

From the massive-scale retreat of 1949 to the crises over Quemoy, the ROC's armed forces have long symbolized perseverance amidst adversity. However, ...

In September 1781, Thomas Hughes, then 22, visited Brighton for what he hoped would be a restorative holiday. It was not his first trip: such sojourns were common for Hughes. But on this occasion ...

George Orwell was the most influential British ... In his essay ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’ (1943) Orwell wrote: ‘I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate ...

Given that obligation, you might think that the Washington establishment would be hard at work trying to prevent the ultimate catastrophe—a nuclear war. But you would be wrong. A small ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Ten days before the premiere of the documentary “The Stringer” at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night, the Associated Press published an extraordinary 23-page ...

The UN General Assembly has affirmed Russia's responsibility to pay reparations estimated at $500 billion in damages caused by the war, but questions remain on how to unlock these frozen funds.