George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- It was a day of celebration at the American Legion Post 1194 in Binghamton, where dozens of friends and family members came out in full force to wish George Strong a happy ...

The Middleton St George War Memorial ... as it commemorates soldiers from World War I, World War II, and the Iraq War in 2003. Planned work, which includes laying protective boards, excavating ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

Some of the iroko posts engraved with the names of previously unrecognised Black non-combatant servicemen who died in Africa during World War I [Courtesy ... empire”, says George Hay, the ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Napoleon Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Eddie Collins, Lou Gehrig ...

MIDDLETOWN -- George A. Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home ...

Jenna Bush Hager said her dad George W. Bush’s funny expressions during Donald J. Trump’s inauguration caused the family group chat to blow up. On Monday, while Trump was being sworn in as the ...