In December 1777, at the urging of the French minister of war, Baron Frederick Wilhelm von Steuben came to America and ...

However, it is not from either war. It was a little-known encounter — the largest cavalry engagement in the American Revolution — that took place in Gloucester County in October 1781, just 16 days ...

James Dodson, a journalist who normally writes about golf, has taken a somewhat different journey and compiled in a remarkable fashion “The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim’s Journey on the ...

His research tears apart the thin “nobility” veneer, exposing these men and their naked greed, their exploitation. Consider Robert Clive, a name synonymous with British roots digging deep into Indian ...

When Americans speak of the "Founding Fathers," they usually have a group of about six men in mind: George Washington, Thomas ...

Halifax was also a major supply depot (1775-1783) for the NC militia and the Continental Army. In 1965, Halifax was ...

Once a critic of the East India Company, Arnot was expelled from India, survived a ship fire, fell into bitter feuds and died with his reputation in doubt.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Lord joined the First Alert 6 Weather Team in June 2008 after working at KDLT-TV in Sioux Falls, S.D. Rusty joined WOWT as a Daybreak meteorologist, working on the morning ...

25 years after the first Peter Jackson film, The Lord of the Rings returned to the zeitgeist with a massive theater re-release and the promise of new movies on the way. The Lord of the Rings is one of ...

Figuring out how to watch The Lord of the Rings movies in order is getting harder and harder. For one thing, there's now a Lord of the Rings TV show to contend with. And, as we move away from the age ...

The works of J.R.R. Tolkien heavily impacted the development of Dungeons & Dragons and its portrayal of elves, dwarves, rangers and rogues — along with the general idea of a small group of disparate ...

One of the things we know for certain about Jesus is that he was baptized by John. We're sure of it because it embarrassed the early church, making Jesus appear as John's disciple, yet it was too well ...