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In a New Year's eve toast in 1977, US president Jimmy Carter hailed the Shah of Iran and called the country 'an island of ...

The only proper name is “Operation Cyrus, we are here!”. About the Author Joel Brodsky retired after 40 years as a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago, after having done over 100 jury trials and ...

Over the past 30 years, our family has walked the brick path of Boston’s Freedom Trail, from the Custom House, the site of ...

Graphic rendering of the future USS Lafayette (FFG 65), named in honor of Marquis de Lafayette and his service during the American Revolutionary War. The Constellation-class guided-missile frigate ...

Since the creation of the state, Pulaski County has been the focus of politics and business for the state of Arkansas as the home of the state capital. Few people may know who the county was named for ...

On Sunday, March 8, members and prospective members of the Lafayette Society will gather to celebrate the legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette. A passionate abolitionist, patriot, human rights advocate, ...

Historians have debunked many of the popular theories surrounding the tune's creation. Still, its legacy as a patriotic anthem endures ...

In “Miracle at Philadelphia,” Catherine Drinker Bowen details the personalities involved in crafting the U.S. Constitution, ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Starting in the summer of 1824, newspaper readers across the still young United States were gripped by nostalgia. Less than half a century earlier, names that continue to echo down through history had ...

Black spies used their invisibility in plain sight to carry out some of the nation’s most important war efforts. When most people think of history’s American spies, they imagine a sleuthy white man, ...