What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

It’s one of Abigail Adams’s most famous lines. Early in 1776 — not even 12 months after the battles of Lexington and Concord ...

Northrop’s P-61 Black Widow was late to the war. The fighter-bomber didn’t fly its first combat mission until June 1944, when ...

In 1828, in a famous poem, "Poltava," the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin depicted ... for her staff "a profound ...

Over more than 300 years, a complex myth has been created around the Battle of Poltava,” said Lyudmyla Shendryk, a guide who ...

I was frequently told by fellow soldiers, “Don’t go to this part ... They did it because a few brave people understood that there is no worse feeling than feeling like you are completely ...

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