For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

EXHIBITION UPDATE Last Chance to See Some Popular Objects! "Entertainment Nation”/ "Nación del espectáculo” Ray and Dagmar ...

Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

By the spring of 1944, a year of Allied bombing had weakened Germany’s war machine. The Allies finally were ready to strike ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

324,000 aircraft 88,000 tanks 8,800 warships 5,600 merchant ships 224,000 pieces of artillery 2,382,000 trucks 79,000 landing ...