Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler was twice awarded the Medal of Honor, the first for distinguished conduct during the 1914 occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, and the second for his 1915 actions in Haiti.
Sharmelí Bustíos Patiño was only 14 when her father, 38-year-old Peruvian journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, was killed on November 24, 1988, while covering the war between the Peruvian army and leftist Shining Path guerrillas in a violent ambush near the town of Huanta. After nearly four decades of fighting to find her father’s killer, Sharmelí found justice in […]
Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” inspired colonists to fight for independence and coined the name “United States of America.”
Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran Freeman Johnson arrived in celebrity-like fashion at the Barnstable Adult Community Center in Hyannis, Mass., where he celebrated his 106th birthday with sailors, firefighters, police officers and Coast Guard ROTC students.
Marine Corps Pfc. Ronald Leroy Coker earned a Medal of Honor for his incredible selflessness, continuing to rescue a wounded comrade even after absorbing the full blast of a grenade to save him.
This year marks America’s 250th birthday, a nation born in war. Factors that led to the U.S. victory over the British Empire during the Revolutionary War included an effective intelligence network.
Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Tiffany Hallmark uses the mental resilience and discipline of marathon training to lead her squadron and mentor airmen toward holistic success.
As the chaos of World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima unfolded, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Francis Junior Pierce refused to leave any wounded men behind.
Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, formally resigned his commission, Dec. 23, 1783, in Annapolis, Md., where he delivered his farewell address to the Continental Congress.
A fleet of six mobile museums, known as “freedom trucks,” is traveling throughout 2026, bringing the story of American independence to students, families and citizens in every corner of the country.
