As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...

Among the thousands of Spanish workers who arrived in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century were many with radical traditions rooted in their homeland, which at the time boasted ...

From 1878 to 1901, two all-Black U.S. Army regiments played a positive role in helping keep the peace in the Beehive State.

The month of June marks two milestones: the 250th Army birthday and the 165th anniversary of the founding of the Signal Corps. The Signal Corps was ...

Few passersby on quiet Haven Court realize that a century ago, the land beneath their feet offered a revolutionary retreat: a ...

On Feb. 15, 1898, the island of Cuba was embroiled in a vicious war for Cuban independence and the American battleship “USS Maine was sent to protect American interests.” ...

I t was one of the shortest conflicts in history, lasting just a little over three months. But the Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the ...

Jim Lennon, 61, of Levittown, dressed as a Spanish-American War-era member of the U.S. Marine Corps and had tables of equipment, from American bolt-action rifles to Spanish swords.

Some 2,260 American troops died in this conflict, which helped affirm U.S. sovereignty and identity on the world stage. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) — 13,283 deaths Library of Congress ...