The longest and largest annual Canadian battle reenactment is taking place right on our doorstep this weekend. The Annual Siege of Old Fort Erie Reenactment features countless reenactors who come ...

NORFOLK, Va. — I recently visited Fort Norfolk and got the tour from Steven Forrest, a Fort Norfolk Historian with the Norfolk Historical Society. "Fort Norfolk is one of the most unique forts in the ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of the ...

Compared to the scope of other violent, drawn-out clashes during the Civil War, the Battle of Fort Myers 150 years ago this month was a minor, half-day skirmish. But the encounter was one more win for ...

Commemorate the anniversary of a critical Civil War battle at a host of upcoming national park programs. Today marks the sesquicentennial of the major Civil War battle fought at Fort Donelson in ...

WILMINGTON -- Wilmington’s Cape Fear Civil War Round Table invites you to a presentation about Fort Fisher at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Harbor United Methodist Church, 4853 Masonboro Loop Road.

Despite being brief, the Battle of Fort Sanders won by the Union in late November 1863 was a major Knoxville battle of the Civil War. More than 150 years later, another battle — which is more like a ...

In 1738, the first legally sanctioned free black settlement was established in what would become the United States. El Pueblo de Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, popularly known as Fort Mose, was ...

As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible link to the nation's earliest days. Fort Hamilton, overlooking the Narrows, ...