Though World War II ended when Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, most people don’t realise that the battles continued for ...

The U.S. Postal Service is turning 250. Saturday’s anniversary comes as the agency faces financial challenges.

Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ unaccountable kind of stupidity .” But the war would change Washington’s ...

The colonies contributed more than just manpower to the army. In many colonies, the pre-war naval volunteer forces were expanded. In addition, seamen from the Empire also crewed British merchant ...

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

This nation did not become great because it was perfect; it became great because Americans recognized their imperfections as ...

The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was a key victory in South Carolina history that took place just days before the country declared its independence from Great Britain.Fort Moultrie sits on the shore of ...

This painting by Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, court painter of battles to France’s King Louis XVI, depicts the 1781 formal surrender of the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. The original is ...