He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

The artifact also could help illuminate the broader economic ties with the U.S. military as well as lesser known stories ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Men, even great men, are not built from marble but from flesh and blood.

MITCHELL — Hundreds of veterans, their friends and their families gathered at the Davison County Fairgrounds Monday during ...

South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a ...

The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S. Congress. Robert Smalls’s ...

I still believe Jefferson and Washington, though flawed, were highly evolved for their time. I also believe that if every ...

To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt ...

With the recent decline of his health, it seems unlikely that he will have the stamina to improve the situation.

South Sudan peace talks, previously held in neighboring Kenya, will resume under a directive from South Sudan's President ...