We should give thanks that Washington ordered the mandatory inoculation of his troops against smallpox in February 1777, after determining that the disease posed a greater threat to his troops than ...

Every state in the United States as an official (or sometimes several unofficial) nickname, but how many do you know? Here ...

A failed attempt by the French to settle on Parris Island in Beaufort County led directly to what is arguably the first ...

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President Donald Trump’s Venezuela regime change adventure is in danger of degenerating into a strategic, political, and ...

There were about 2.5 million people living in the original Thirteen Colonies in 1775. Most of these colonists were of British descent. Each colony had its own Royal Governor appointed ...

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19 fascinating facts you probably never knew about the American War of Independence.

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A ranking of the most powerful and influential empires in world history.