The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

From Vietcong diplomats to American anti-war activists, these women made their mark on one of the 20th century’s most ...

Predictably, Smith accused Israel of committing genocide and war crimes, painting vivid images of starving children and ...

On D-Day Nurse Joyce Dandridge from Wooburn was waiting anxiously in a train in a railway siding somewhere on the south coast. It was no ordinary train, having been converted to an ambulance train.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls during the country's ongoing civil war ... In one case, a nurse recounted how ...

"You could also call it the first world war, really, because it engaged … very large international empires," says Mara ...

A curiosity, yes, but to the surprise of many Civil War buffs even today, Clark was by no means unique. She was one of an estimated 400 women who took up arms in the war; they were not nurses ...

In the War of 1812, militia units shielded our fledgling republic. During the Civil War, they fought to ... firefighters swapping civilian uniforms for military ones, parents serving their ...

In September 1814, during the War of 1812, British naval forces launched a relentless bombardment of Fort McHenry in ...

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...