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The Americans built a dynamite gun for the Spanish-American War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGeneral Toral's surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 13th, 1898. There was no love lost...
The Buffalo Soldier Regiments of New Orleans
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — From Crispus Attucks and onward, Black Americans’ involvement with war efforts has a long history. The French and Spanish both used...
Texas history museum dissects treaty that ended Mexican American War and changed the world
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoBe honest: What do you really know about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? The accord that formally...
The buffalo soldiers: Who they were and their contributions to military history
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe buffalo soldiers protected travelers in the Old West, rode into Mexico to hunt for Pancho Villa...
Galvez Day is coming! Who's Valdez? Pensacola knows. Finally.
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Spanish influence in Pensacola has always been there, from the street names to the Spanish architecture to Spanish forts such as Barrancas. Pensacola's first permanent settlement, founded ...
Columbus marked 'Decoration Day' in 1923, even as town and nation were in transition
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt was a memorable Memorial Day in Columbus in 1923. The weather was perfect — sunny and not too hot...
Years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sank a US warship in China
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese...
How—and Why—Biden Should Act Against the Houthis
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA screenshot captured from a video released by the Houthi group on December 26, 2023, shows Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea making a statement in...
Chart a Course: Famous Ships You Can Visit Across America and Beyond
Cheapism via AOL· 10 months agocsfotoimages/istockphoto Walk the Planks Ahoy, mate! Vacations often revolve around road trips to...
After the Civil War, veteran groups from the North and South coexisted in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Civil War was different from all other U.S. wars in that when Johnny came marching – or in many...