(CNN) — A sightseeing helicopter plunged from the sky into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy.

One morning in January, I met the musician Lucy Dacus at the Cloisters, the medieval-art museum at the northwestern tip of ...

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several events commemorating the ...

From September 18th to the 26th, 1777, General George ... Washington wanted to stop the British from taking over Philadelphia. Washington’s army of 14,600 Americans tried to block all access ...

The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

Gravelly Point, part of George Washington Memorial Parkway, is under the purview of the National Park Service. It’s across the Potomac River from the National Mall, where the Blossom Kite ...

In the background of the video, a Jeep was shown quickly sinking into the river. It appears that the SUV veered off George Washington Memorial Parkway and crashed into the river. As of Wednesday ...

By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityWhen the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, the colonies relied on local militias to ...

The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio ... Williams first came across a reference to Carver’s Prussian blue while researching Black inventors’ patents for her 2021 ...

In March of 1825, Marquise de Lafayette arrived in Beaufort, South Carolina via the Beaufort River on a steamboat with his son, George Washington ... 500 students from across Beaufort County ...