For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

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Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

By the spring of 1944, a year of Allied bombing had weakened Germany’s war machine. The Allies finally were ready to strike ...

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

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...