Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...

Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...

Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Office of Resilience said the final phase of a $29.9 million cleanup of the Yorktown at ...

The National Park Service will deploy "qualified sharpshooters" to the Jockey Hollow portion of the Morris County park ...

The Eutaw Springs Battlefield is being improved to highlight its historical importance as the nation prepares to celebrate ...

One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...

As America gears up to celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2026, Guilford and Alamance Counties are stepping into the ...

Stars and stripes were displayed everywhere from fire hydrants to mailboxes to sports mascots dressed in colonial garb.

Step back in time as history comes to life at the 160th-anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Bentonville; happening March ...

Only Donald Trump can make the call to launch U.S. nuclear-armed ICBMs. Our reporter visits the subterranean world of the ...