The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy. The USS Constellation is a fixture in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Hundreds of people pass ...

It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American waters. The power brokers in Washington panicked. Everyone except Navy Secretary ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

[3.] No person shall be a Senator or Repre ­sentative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice­President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Thousands of pro-Palestine protestors marched through the capital on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations seen in ...

On June 19, 1864, the Union sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge laid in wait outside ... In doing so, they evaded capture and eventually returned to the United States. (Johns Hopkins University Press ...

Explore these 10 WWII Sites on American Soil and uncover powerful stories of bravery, sacrifice, and resilience from one of ...

Explore key historical events from Sunday, Feb. 16, to Saturday, Feb.22, including King Tut's tomb unsealing, Fidel Castro's ...

it was one of the two largest producers of horseshoes in the United States. At its peak, it employed 2,500. By 1957, it was down to 170. Anderson became a brigadier general during the Civil War ...