Espada said his father, along with others, was arrested but did not arrive at Rikers Island; instead, he was sent to Hart ...

Longfellow wrote the poem in 1860 as America hurtled toward civil ... 1775 (known as Patriots’ Day) and what happened the day after—the Battles of Lexington and Concord—is more compelling ...

For me, one such moment was in 8th grade English class, facing an assignment that felt like a teenage boy’s torment: memorizing lines from a poem ... that famous day and year.” ...

While Gordon Parks had an extraordinarily creative career that included composing music, writing poetry and ... on May 26 (Memorial Day), June 19 (Juneteenth) and July 4 (Independence Day).

Charity Blind Veterans UK released illustrations, stories and photographs which look to raise funds for war heroes living ...

Wiltshire woman who was part of the Bletchley Park team who helped crack the enigma code has been sharing her wartime memories.

D-Day veteran Thomas Cuthbert, 99, of Colchester, was on leave in Bethnal Green, east London, when he heard the war was over ...

But if you have ever searched for something at the National Yiddish Book Center’s website, or if, over the past 20 years, you have enjoyed the translation of a medieval Hebrew poem into English ...

The book in her left hand commemorated the Declaration of Independence with Roman ... and thought to be short-lived, it has continued to be the basis for much of U.S. immigration policy to this day.

In his haunting poem “Requiem for the Croppies” he recalls how the rebels of 1798—the “croppies” because of their short ... America during the War of Independence, he systematically ...

As Mother’s Day approaches, I’ve reflected on the journey of motherhood — a story of holding on, letting go and love that ...