When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter thought up a ruse to make sure it wouldn't be salvaged and used ...

One of the most interesting Prisoners of War taken by the Allied powers was a Korean soldier that served in the German ...

The Jefferson Educational Society (JES) has lined up numerous events and lectures to commemorate America's 250th Anniversary. Some notable sessions, starting from Feb. 10, are based on famous figures ...

In the years leading up to the Civil War, Lockport had become a fulcrum point for abolitionists, according to researcher ...

This changed suddenly in the 1990s with the rise of the Internet and by today, students at any Kenyan institute of higher ...

Leaders can be replaced; institutional knowledge cannot. I am privileged to have had the chance to serve in the U.S.

When Bryce Stenzel was a teen growing up in St. Clair, people remarked often on his resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. They both ...

The topic of the lecture was a significant episode in the history of 20th century American and world music—the establishment ...

American history. As most know by now, the United States already has launched America250, its supersized patriotic bash to commemorate its 250th anniversary as a proud independent nation. What far ...

Looking for ways to celebrate Black History Month in the Binghamton area? Here are some free local events to attend.

Program at Naper Settlement explores how messages conveyed through quilts guided runaway slaves through the Underground ...