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As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, many Americans are reflecting on the revolution's legacy by visiting historical exhibitions, attending regio ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the loss of an architectural wonder in South London. At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, 1936, staff reported that fire had broken out at the vast Crystal Palace at Sydenh ...

Mayfair is one of London's most extravagantly well-heeled districts and has a long and fascinating history. Its name derives from a boisterous local fair held annually between 1686-1764, and it ...

Modern military planners warn of conflict in the unforgiving, claustrophobic environments of the world's cities. The contemporary defense community parses the lessons of urban siege warfare, looking t ...

The Long Telegram of February 22, 1946, by the deputy to the United States Ambassador in the Soviet Union George Kennan, was a conceptual turning point in the history of the Cold War. Written by a pro ...

In the early morning hours of April 17, 1961, the 2506 Brigade entered the Bay of Pigs on the southern, swampy, mosquito-infested coast of Las Villas province, and la batalla de Girón  ...

The conventional way to mark a 250th birthday is to call the Founders "visionaries," to say they saw around corners and anticipated the country we became. These authors would push back on ...

Currently pending for decision before the United States Supreme Court is the case of Trump v. Barbara which presents the question of who is a United States citizen. The Fourteenth Amendment ...

Writing about 100 A.D. in his Histories, the Roman historian Tacitus describes the origin of the Jews in Palestine. Tacitus was focused on the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., the final act i ...

Writing more than 20 years after the Battle of Cold Harbor, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant stated, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made." Grant's r ...