John Lincoln Clem was a drummer boy who became one of the most famous child soldiers of the Union Army. He later retired as a ...

After discovering her ancestor Nathan Allen had no grave, local author Linda Culp Holmes finally honored his service.

Poet, philosopher, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe wrote a rallying cry in 1861 that would resonate for more than a century—echoing through the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poet Julia Ward Howe wrote the famous lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." This July 4, America will celebrate its ...

Native American tribes are marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Greasy Grass. Known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, it's an iconic symbol of resistance and resilience.

Wounded Civil War soldiers witnessed a mysterious glow that seemed to save their lives. Over a century later, two high school students solved the mystery of “Angel’s Glow.” The answer involved an ...

I did not grow up loving America—not because I thought it didn’t deserve love but because I didn’t think about it. America was the Pledge of Allegiance and “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It was “Maverick ...

Army leaders signaled Wednesday that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of ...

BANGKOK — A little more than a year ago, the government’s military was on the back foot in Myanmar ‘s bloody civil war, pushed out of great swaths of the country’s north by an alliance of seasoned ...

Paul Morando, director of the National Museum of the United States Army, navigates the new augmented reality exhibit on the Revolutionary War that opens Saturday. (Hope Hodge Seck) From the wildly ...

Aaron Sandel can pinpoint when it all started. The codirector of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project had been observing a group of apes on June 24, 2015, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, where the project ...

Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner never sought praise or recognition, but the name of the officer who planned the United States’ largest World War I offensive and later mentored legendary generals now graces ...