Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a “reckless soldier of fortune,” Ellis was born into slavery in Texas in 1864.

Dan Barnett teaches philosophy at Butte College. Send review requests to dbarnett99@me.com. Columns archived at ...

The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.

Two centuries ago on January 20, 15 men gathered in a Wythe County tavern to send a message to leaders of the American ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ken Burns’ latest American history series is headed for the London TV Screenings. PBS Distribution has taken ...

This was the Revolution of 1789. On this 3-hour French Revolution walking tour in Paris, we will discover the influences that contributed to this rebellion, forever transforming the country. Led by a ...

Noted author and lifelong history enthusiast Dr. Lawrence Babits will be the guest speaker for the 244th-anniversary ...

Members of the Dan River chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution fired a volley in honor of Pittsylvania County’s ...

A winter storm in the Southeast caused major disruptions at airports, especially hubs for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Airlines prepared by issuing travel waivers, positioning aircraft ...

After all, this was one of the first English settlements in the American colonies, founded in 1630 ... important event that led up to the American Revolution,” says Evan O’Brien, creative ...

“My body was bone-weary and my mind melting down,” he writes in his book “The War on Warriors ... There were only brave American soldiers, craven bureaucrats and “bad guys” who ...