Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

Locked up in prison, surrounded by barbed wire.” That's how Morton Grove storyteller Anne Shimojima described her parents’ ...

James Knights Park in Sandwich is once again home to Company H of the 10th Illinois Infantry. Commander Bob Winter says the ...

International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of ...

The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain ...

The Old Fort will host a garrison event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29. This winter-themed event will feature re-enactors ...

In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...

As the Court observed, the history of Section 3 is interesting, as it was added to the Fourteenth Amendment after the Civil War to target former officials who had supported the Confederacy. Section 3 ...

These forgotten classic cars were found treasure hunting Civil War camp deep in the woods exploring for Civil War relics at the camp used by both Union and Confederate troops at different times!

Between 1954 and 1962, French-controlled Algeria was mired in a brutal civil war. In 1966, Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo released "The Battle of Algiers," detailing Algerian militant Ali La ...

In 1956, Britain and Egypt relinquished their colonial control over Sudan, forming the newly independent Republic of Sudan. After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and ...