As America get ready to mark its 250th birthday, we take a look at the time the British troops raided Bergen County towns.

Joy Reid claimed on Don Lemon's show that Canada burned down the White House in 1814. However, it was actually the British, not Canada, who did so during the War of 1812. Canada, then a British colony ...

Barons of Broadway # The house at 311 North Broadway in Upper Nyack captures one of the longest slices of Nyack history. From ...

The president was clearly irrational. Instead, there was Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick seconding the motion.

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with ...

Judith Sutherland considers the significance crossroads communities used to have in rural American, recalling the history of Eckley community.

This map from the Institute for the Study of War shows the state of play in Russia's Kursk region. This map from the Institute for the Study of War shows the state of play in Russia's Kursk region.

This is Part 2 in our contribution to Postmedia’s national series “How Canada Wins.” Over the next five weeks we’ll chronicle our community’s place in the country, the ...

American Gen. Wade Hampton marched his 2,000 soldiers along the banks of the Châteauguay River, part of a two-pronged American push towards Montreal. There, he was met by an all-Canadian force under ...

and shows the way in which maps provide a guide to the history of war. Content includes: The beginnings of military mapping prior to 1600, such as the impact of printing and the introduction of ...

On June 12, 1812, the U.s. declared war on England. The fort’s role became vital during this period, especially in 1813 when British forces invaded Chesapeake Bay. The war served as a delicate ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of America includes the imperial policies of the 19th century. He has touted the vision of ‘manifest destiny’ for the expansion of the United States.