
New York’s History and Culture Based on Four Centuries of Dutch Treats
The Empire State inherited a huge hunk of its soul from the Netherlands
The Empire State inherited a huge hunk of its soul from the Netherlands
Co-authors Don Chaput and David D. de Haas recount the legendary Earps' last family gathering in turn-of-the-century southern California
While the horrors of World War II concentration camps are well known, Jasenovac was considered—even by the Nazis—to have had especially hellish conditions.
David O'Keefe relates the July 25, 1944, Battle of Verrières Ridge, a disastrous one for Canada's Black Watch Regiment
“Having a rose named Never Forget will be a reminder and help to perpetuate the message that we must never forget; that we are united with and honor all those served and sacrificed on behalf of America in times of war and armed conflict"
When bombs began exploding prematurely over Vietnam, killing aircrews, the cause was traced to faulty fuzes, but more would die before a solution was found
The esteemed 20th-century writer demanded that White society accept its culpability in the betrayal of Black people
A closer look at why American aircraft had distinctive markings and the purpose it served during World War II
In his memoir, excerpted in LIFE magazine in January 1971, Khrushchev writes that the 1962 crisis was a “triumph of Soviet foreign policy and a personal triumph"
Piloting X-15s to a record Mach 6.7 and the fringes of space, U.S. Air Force Major Pete Knight earned the Harmon Trophy and nickname “Speedy Pete”
The town is steeped in the Confederate history so predominant in the South, but the area’s waterways made it a pivotal route on the Underground Railroad
In the last action linked to the War of 1812 Missouri Rangers cornered Sauk warriors atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi floodplain
The Mark 22 achieved the only successful downing of an enemy aircraft by naval gunfire during the Vietnam War
His wounds, severe enough to send him home, were listed in unit paperwork. But in the blur of wartime bureaucracy, they were lost
Before antibiotics, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death, a national fixation, and the scourge of artists
After two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the National Museum of the United States Army finally opened