Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

While early American soldiers took inspiration from European armies for their uniforms — typically more formal — a wave of ...

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

In the summer of 1967, then 18-year-old George Cushman IV was headed off to the University of Florida as the Vietnam War raged. ROTC was mandatory for ...

The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region. Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.

The second Sudanese civil war lasted from 1983 to 2005 and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In 2011, nearly 99 percent of South Sudanese voted in favor of the independence ...

His finest hour in uniform ... the Civil War drama “Glory,” which made Washington an Academy Award winner. The DoD bio about Carney was written in February 2017 to celebrate African American ...

In February 2025, A federal lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union ... healthy adults,” said Brian Bond, chief executive officer of PFLAG National. “Yet, President Trump and other ...

At a press conference on March 20, Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm said that the HPD officer who fired two shots killing Brandan Maroney will not be charged. (Caitlin Thompson/Civil Beat/2025 ...

throughout the war against racist officers and unequal pay, which electrified the freedom struggle everywhere. The Confederates, of course, would never allow Black men in the rebel uniform.

Tombstone of Humbert Roque Versace at Arlington National Cemetery, a Special Forces officer and Medal of Honor ... service members dating back to the Civil War, including two presidents, and ...

Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...