One hundred years ago, in 1918, Islay experienced terrible twin tragedies—the sinking of two troop carriers bringing American soldiers to the front in World War I.

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Missing from chapters on World War One in most U.S. textbooks is the name of Edward Mandell Stone, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate from Chicago who made history with his death as a machine gunner ...

There is but one American flag. ... In the decades after World War II, the U.S. military became one of the most racially diverse institutions in the country and offered social mobility to ...

Samuel Lombardo, 89, of Carlisle, and his company sewed an American flag after the Battle of the Bulge in World War II after their commanders told them they weren't authorized to have one to fly.

Nearly 1,600 American soldiers, almost all of them killed in World War I, rest in eternal reverence on a hill overlooking the Eiffel Tower and the sprawl of Paris at the Suresnes American Cemetery.

WASHINGTON — Memorials to the war dead of the 20th century are among the central attractions in the nation’s capital. So it has always been notable that one of the most consequential American ...