I don't care what the jocks in movies say — historical events are always cool to learn about. So, when I saw this post on the popular Ask Reddit page from user day-tripper96 asking, "What's a bizarre ...

The War of 1812, more accurately described as the war of 1812, 1813, 1814 and 1815, was referred to by at least one chronicler as the war that few people at the time understood why it happened in the ...

The approach of Columbus Day inspires the retelling of some sea stories of war and peace in Cape Island at a time when ships and boats ruled the oceans. The stories speak of heroism and tragedy as ...

In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today's climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but also ...