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GETTYSBURG — Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place of over 3,500 Union soldiers from the Civil War, including 526 Pennsylvanians who gave their “last full measure of devotion.” In ...
Every day has a history associated with it. What do we remember about July 17? Could you imagine famous wars, daring flights, ...
Thousands left their homes in the United States to stand against Spanish General Franco and fascism. This is episode 58 of Stories of Resistance.
Between 1936 and 1939, nearly 200 women journalists reported on the Spanish Civil War, offering a perspective rarely seen at ...
After being locked in a State House vault for 24 years, a plaque honoring the New Hampshire soldiers who fought against ...
The sleepy farming community of Torre Pacheco turned into a 'powder keg' after the brutal beating of a pensioner sparked ...
The biochemist, who died at 88 in La Jolla, California, transformed the lives of millions after participating in the ...
In November 1936, two unmarked German Type VIIA submarines prowled the North Sea, cloaked in secrecy as they prepared for ...
Maximilian, a young Austrian prince of the house of Hapsburg, somewhat naively accepted the offer to rule a distant and ...
At least eight people have been detained following violent clashes in the southeastern Spanish town of Torre-Pacheco.
The plaque honors New Hampshire veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. In 1936, they joined forces with about 2,800 Americans to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Officials said the ...
Is it better, for the health of a society, to pardon or punish the perpetrators?” Caught “between the drive to forget and the ...