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After lots of hype, West Point treasure box opening yields no bombshells, just silt
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoExcitement and anticipation dissolved into disappointment at West Point when a lead box believed to...
What’s in the box?! West Point unveils contents of 1828 time capsule
Army Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe tension Monday in West Point’s Robinson Auditorium could be cut with a knife. A nearly...
What's in the box? For much-hyped West Point time capsule, it turns out, only mud
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA nearly 200-year-old time capsule found in a monument at the U.S. Military Academy was set for its...
Texas history museum dissects treaty that ended Mexican American War and changed the world
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBe honest: What do you really know about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? The accord that formally...
The writer who's been everywhere shares his 2023 California travel wish list
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Luke McConkey / For The Times) I've been meandering around California for decades, which is how I...
Should Mexico and Texas exchange captured battle flags? A Georgetown man's 60-year quest
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGEORGETOWN — History buff Jerry Stephens hopes to deepen the friendship between Texas and Mexico by...
Buffalo soldiers history: Their accomplishments are commemorated at this Arizona museum
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA fascinating chapter in Arizona’s military history is on display at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista. The museum at the fort showcases the buffalo soldiers, African American men and women who ...
4-foot skull found in Mississippi ravine belonged to ancient ‘sea dragon,’ experts say
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA terrifying 4-foot-long skull — with its giant teeth still attached — has been found in Northeast...
I Chased the Ghosts of the Army's Forgotten Black Bicycle Troop
MEN'S JOURNAL via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLast summer, I cycled 1,900 miles from western Montana to eastern Missouri. The solo ride was...
Custers had a passionate relationship, historian says
Junction City Daily Union, Kan. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 29—The woman behind Gen. George Armstrong Custer spent her life trying to rehabilitate her husband's image because she deeply loved him, said historian Bob Smith, curator of the First Infantry ...