The Queen’s Guard May Have to Give Up Their Iconic Bearskin Hats
The 1.5-foot hats famously worn by the Buckingham Palace guards date back to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The 1.5-foot hats famously worn by the Buckingham Palace guards date back to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Abraham Lincoln was up for reelection in 1864, and Republicans thought soldiers’ absentee ballots could help.
On September 11, 1851, a small farming in Pennsylvania united against slavery and fought what many consider the first battle of the Civil War.
Tsar Bomba—the biggest hydrogen bomb ever—detonated in October 1961, and the Soviet Union caught it on tape.
It’s literally about a mighty king’s love affair with a commoner, but it’s figuratively about Operation Desert Storm.
As the United States plunged into the second World War, newspapers fought fake news amid fears of Nazi propaganda efforts.
Savage battles, atomic detonations, and shark attacks were just some of the events leading up to the end of World War II in August 1945. Here's a look back on the 75th anniversary of V-J Day.
Bat bombs, exploding rats, wind cannons, and a smelly spray were just some of the bizarre weapons invented during World War II.
“Born in the U.S.A.,” the title track off Bruce Springsteen’s blockbuster 1984 album, isn’t the patriotic singalong many people thought it was.
Pearl Harbor prompted the White House to build a bomb shelter, and 9/11 might have prompted the construction of another.
Smallpox vaccination was banned in America during the Revolutionary War, but George Washington was determined to protect his army no matter what.
The selection includes some of Ken Burns’s best documentaries, from ‘The Civil War’ to ‘The Roosevelts.’
Victory gardens were originally a way to supplement food supplies during World Wars I and II. Now, Americans are bringing them back in response to COVID-19 concerns.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak, but it's not the first time the Summer or Winter Games have been nixed because of world events.
Gear up for Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ with entertaining tidbits about the 1998 animated classic and the story that inspired it.
The underground bunker housed Britain’s last line of defense, a unit known as “Churchill’s secret army.”
Much longer than four score and seven years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered the most famous two-minute speech in history.
The 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter sparked the American Civil War. From the garrison's 19th-century beginnings to its current use as a National Historical Park, here are 10 fascinating facts about Fort Sumter.
The artworks were seized by the Nazis after a Jewish lawyer fled his Parisian home in the early 1940s.
It makes sense that master filmmakers keep returning to old wars to tell new stories, as war movies have all the elements needed for a compelling tale. From medieval epics to modern thrillers, here are 25 of the best of them.
Theodore Roosevelt used a Colt revolver given to him by his brother-in-law during the Battle of San Juan Heights, firing a fatal shot. Nearly 100 years later, the gun disappeared without a trace.
It was a pretty clever defense strategy in the Middle Ages—that is, as long as you weren’t left-handed.
Learn more about the life and legacy of Genghis Khan, one of the most feared warlords in world history.
Legislation passed this week requires the flag to be flown at the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, and more.