Before there were Green Berets, JSOC, or CIA paramilitary teams, there were the OSS Jedburghs, three-man shadows dropped into occupied Europe to arm resistance fighters, wreck German supply lines, and ...

If WWII reenactors are firing blank ammunition with no projectiles, how do they know when they've been hit? The answer depends on the type of reenactment, the goals of the event, and a surprisingly ...

During the Revolutionary War the 1st Rhode Island Regiment was unique because it was predominantly composed of Black and Indigenous soldiers. As the semiquincentennial approaches— America's 250th ...

Tom Dietzel has loved history for as long as he can remember, especially the Revolutionary War. “I literally told my third grade teacher that I wanted to be a Minuteman when I grew up,” he said. As an ...

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When Paul Loane first donned an 18th-century military uniform in 1972, he had a very simple exit plan. With the nation’s bicentennial looming, a few friends convinced him to join the Second ...

Freddy, the German soccer fan who has gone viral live-tweeting his fairy-tale experience in the United States, has another major visit on his docket. Ambassador Nick Adams, who is the Special ...

It was a significant and often underrecognized role in the American Revolutionary War. People of color fought on both the Patriot and British sides. Many enslaved people joined the conflict in hopes ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronald Rinaldi II, an educator from New Jersey, says his annual reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware is a promise to ...