Back in August, we shared a Bay Area Proud story with a mystery at its heart. It began not in California, but in New Jersey, ...

A man has written a book based on more than 200 love letters he discovered his parents had written to each other during World ...

A few years ago, an auction house in Boston, Massachusetts, sold a two-page letter written from Newark that was dated March 1834. The letter included a hand-drawn map of the downtown area. It is ...

Soldiers and sailors relied on mail to retain their ties to the loved ones they left behind. While the uniforms, weapons and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Elaine Kahaner’s June 15 letter, “Remember who the real enemy in Gaza is,” ...

I recently visited Millersylvania State Park, near Olympia. Founded in 1923, the park lies within the original territories of the Coast Salish Indigenous people. In 1934, 10 years after the park’s ...

Editor: They say that ignoring the lessons of history is the best way to pretend it does not exist. In our society, unfortunately, not enough emphasis exists in the studying of history and therefore ...

Studying history is important because it allows us to understand our past, which allows us to understand our present. History can provide us with insight into our cultures of origin and cultures with ...

When people say the Second Amendment should be abolished because it was “written for muskets,” they’re ignoring both history and logic. If we applied that reasoning across the Constitution, we’d also ...

Did Iowans choose to lose their history? Probably not. But that is what is happening in their name. With the Reynolds administration’s decision to close the State Historical Society’s longstanding ...