Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as one of history’s greatest generals — but even he suffered defeat. Twice, a former slave and the Haitian Revolution humbled him in ways that changed history forever.

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The Mathews Bridge opened on April 15, 1953. Over 7,000 feet long, it’s named for John E. Mathews, a former Florida state legislator and State Supreme Court justice who helped raise cash to build the ...

The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as ...

Discover 10 brilliant inventions created out of desperation. From Super Glue to Braille, see how crisis sparked ...

Ronald Vallar is part of the history at Holy Cross High School in Queens, his alma mater and where he’s taught for 40 years.

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...

A pair of horses recently towed an antique piece of farm equipment through a cornfield in Kresgeville. In their wake, columns of cornstalks fell to the ground, already bound together and tied with ...