To survive and flourish, every great civilization needs to cherish the story of its origin. It is good, then, that plans are taking shape to celebrate next year’s 250th anniversary of our nation’s ...

The YT-series freighters are some of the most iconic civilian ships in Star Wars — and the Millennium Falcon is only one piece of a much bigger story. From the early YT-100 and YT-1210 to heavy ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- In the final game of the Florida Gators’ season, true sophomore running back Jadan Baugh has joined an extremely exclusive list of Gators’ rushers, officially rushing for over ...

“How lucky we are, how very lucky we are, to live in this great country, to be Americans — Americans all,” concludes the first chapter in History Matters, the posthumous collection of writings and ...

“We made the world we’re living in,” writes James Baldwin, “and we have to make it over.” Today these words ring truer than ever as we confront a deep moral crisis, one that threatens the very ...

The Senator John Heinz History Center has acquired the archives of one of the nation’s most beloved historians, Pittsburgh native David McCullough. “There would be no Heinz History Center without ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for nostalgia and anything old. October is American Archives Month, and it’s why I’ve recently been thinking more about the importance of artifacts and other physical ...

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The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. "And once on the case, you want to know more and more and ...

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Darius McCrary, the actor best known as Eddie Winslow from the '90s sitcom "Family Matters," is being held without bail on a felony charge of being a fugitive from another state. McCrary, 49, is being ...

Next year, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a semiquincentennial to be marked by festivities and public reflections aimed at paying ...