During discussions marking Poland's 25th anniversary of NATO membership in the Polish parliament, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski expressed openness to the presence of NATO...
The French and Indian War ended in 1763 with the French forced to cede to the British all of Canada and the land from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Mississippi River.
The French had cultivated...
After the French and Indian war, King George the Third to decided to keep troops in the American colonies in case of future attacks by the French or their Indian allies.
To fund...
Ancient peoples, for millennia, had used calendars based on the moon, whose lunar cycles incrementally shifted through the seasons. These shifting seasons served as...
Hundreds of migrants were dropped off at a San Diego bus stop this week rather than a reception center because it ran out of local funding sooner than expected.
There have been 46 U.S. Presidents. The tallest was Abraham Lincoln at 6’4” and shortest was James Madison at 5’4”.
The heaviest President was William...
When the First World War began, British women suffragists sent an Open Christmas Letter "To the Women of Germany and Austria" imploring peace as the first Christmas of...
Continuing through the centuries, courageous missionaries spread Christianity.
In the 5th century, St. Patrick evangelized the heathen Druid tribes of Ireland.
In the 6th century, St. Augustine of Cantebury baptized 10,000 heathen Anglo-Saxons in...
From 1714 to 1718, James Oglethorpe was a military aide under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy fighting to drive the Muslim Turks out of Belgrade, Serbia.
After the battle, at...
