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Veterans column: Perry Miles faced different kinds of enemies after Spanish-American War
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe official end of the Spanish-American War was with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on Dec. 10,...
Bridges: Bernardo de Galvez governed Spanish Louisiana in American Revolution
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Revolutionary War found the American colonies in a desperate struggle for independence against...
Has the U.S. Ever Asked for Land After Winning a War?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKevin McCarthy addresses reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S....
Learn About The Friendship And Shared History Of Cuba And Jamaica
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJamaica, the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean, and Cuba, the largest island in the...
Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLa Perla, a large slum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1934Bettmann via Getty When Puerto Rico became a...
The French army and navy that saved America's bacon
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCaricature of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau (1725-1807). "Count de Rochambeau, French general of the land forces in America reviewing...
Nixon resigns, Owens wins 4 golds. The News Journal pages of history, week of Aug. 7
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News, the...
St. Augustine celebrates 505th birthday of founder Don Pedro Menendez de Avilés
WJAX via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe City of St. Augustine is celebrating Don Pedro Menendez de Avilés’ 505th birthday with a...
On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to...
The 1539 Project: Why Black Midwest and Iowa history matters
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTO READERS: An earlier version of this essay gave the wrong date for Nikole Hannah-Jones' speech at Iowa State University. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Waterloo ...