On Christmas day 1863, as his son recovered from his wounds, Henry penned the poem “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” with ...

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case.

Christmas is traditionally intended to be a time of peace and celebration—but most recent wars have continued unabated during the holiday season.

For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable ...

After 162 years and multiple legislative attempts, the Michigan Legislature has approved the dedication of a stretch of ...

Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and ...

The partially completed Catholic Church, poised as the fort to be used in defense of the futilely attempted Confederate ...

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

The result of their delayed creativity was “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” composed and heard in a Philadelphia church. It was a song that spread across the world, and put the 19th-century church on the ...

How Israel repelled a mass invasion on October 7th, regained the upper hand with Iran, yet now faces a major December 31st ...

The partisan rhetoric of the post-Civil War period was unique to its historical moment, yet not unique as a political tactic. Instead, while the terminology has ...