The Marquis de Lafayette eventually helped secure his freedom. A statue to James Armistead Lafayette will be dedicated this ...

The Yemeni armed forces say at least 53 people, inducing women and children, were killed since American and British warplanes ...

The U.S. Army Center of Military History launches the Army History Trails website today, a multimedia history experience showcasing ...

Peter Drummey, chief historian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, joins WBUR to talk about Evacuation Day.

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

Here Gandhi was building on a reading of colonial power that he first articulated in Hind Swaraj in 1909. One of the most ...

The first US strikes against Yemen's Huthis since Donald Trump took office killed 31 people, the rebels said Sunday, with the ...

The sailors are stationed aboard the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer that was commissioned in Boston in 2018 and docked in the ...

March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...

Annual reenactment of Battle of Guilford Courthouse takes place this weekend, with period costumes and hands-on activities.

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...