William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Kurt Russell recently traced his family roots back to Arlington and the first day of the Revolutionary War, where his ancestor Jason Russell died defending his home during the Battle of Menotomy.

William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July of 1776.

After initial plans of leaving the Air Force after four years and getting her commission, Jessika George stayed for 22 years, ...

Trump’s 2021 executive order named 244 people to include in a garden of American heroes, and $40 million was allotted this ...

He was always a proud American, even when his country locked him up. A World War II hero celebrates 100 years and says his birthday wish is “for people to treat other people decently.” ...

Roland Gavriloff, a fallen French soldier who served in the 1950-53 Korean War, has been designated as the Korean War hero for July in recognition of his contributions during the conflict, Korea's ...

One of the least-remembered heroes in Maine history is a man who “participated in many of the most severe battles” of the American Civil War, then returned home to become a commercial success ...

FENTON (WIVT/WBGH) – A local bridge is being renamed after a Vietnam War Hero. The new span carrying Route 79 over the Chenango River is now named the Herman E. Anders Junior Memorial Bridge ...

The exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner-of-war camp Knockaloe, an internment camp on the Isle of Man, was the unlikely setting for the development of Pilates – a regimen that continues to ...