The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets ...

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One meaningful way to pay tribute to our veterans is by visiting historic battlefields and military sites where the fight for America’s freedom and prosperity unfolded.

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A failed influencer and proto fanboy, Charles Guiteau went from stalking President James Garfield to shooting him in a train station.

"The American Revolution" documentary series by Ken Burns premieres Nov. 16. Two San Diego professors sat down with KPBS' ...

The Great War began in Europe in 1914, and by its end in 1918, 4.7 million Americans would serve in the conflict. More t ...

The War of 1812 is today a vague mystery, sometimes confused with the “1812 Overture” played at July 4 fireworks shows, but ...

The unlikely friendship between a shop owner and the young man he hires is at the center of Tracy Letts’ 2008 play, now at Den Theatre.

Neither Ryder, Eakins, Homer, nor Mary Cassatt belonged to this school; they had something else to say and said it in a more ...