BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — The story of Ross Howard Thompson, a Maryville native who died after surviving the Bataan Death March in the Philippines in World War II, starts in Maryville and goes through ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...

Visit unexpected attractions and sites of Black culture in Boston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis, New York, No. Carolina, Virginia and DC.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

This lecture includes several men from Southeast Minnesota who served with various regiments of United States Colored infantry, heavy artillery, light artillery and engineers. Their units patrolled ...

Born in 1846, Wiegel served in the Civil War with the 189th Ohio volunteer infantry before moving to ... You think down south, Tennessee, states and battles that happened far away.

President Trump threatened sanctions and tariffs on Russia if its leader, President Vladimir Putin, doesn’t reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump on Wednesday wrote on Truth ...

“Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War!," he said in a social media post. President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin telling him to make a deal now ...

Most crossing the border are South Sudanese nationals who had previously fled from civil war in the world’s newest country, the statement noted. “The people of South Sudan continue to show ...

In a trembling voice she explains how her home in Omdurman had been raided during Sudan's violent civil war, which erupted in 2023. The family went to Egypt first before paying traffickers $350 ...