History in the News

Set during the aftermath of the American Civil War, Confederado do Norte tells the story of Mary Catherine MacDonald Dias Oliveira Atwell, a child torn from her war devastated home in Georgia and thrust into the primitive Brazilian interior where the young woman she becomes must learn to recreate herself in order to survive.

Air power harks back to Civil War-era hot air balloons and was used all over the theaters of World War I for reconnaissance, bombardment, and aerial combat.

One hundred years ago the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, instigating invasions which began the following day.

Lourdes, France, Jul 28, 2014 / 10:02 am .- This weekend, shortly before today's centenary of the beginning of World War I, an English bishop has said that the Marian shrine of Lourdes remains "undimmed" and still invites everyone to see the "light of the Gospel," Jesus Christ.

This May 7, 2014, file photo shows House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, joined at right by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., as he speaks during a panel on Capitol in Washington.

The last time Republicans unleashed impeachment proceedings against a Democratic president, they lost five House seats in an election they seemed primed to win handily.

Few, if any, probably know that 100 years ago today Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia - the first in what will be a cascade of World War I centennials over the next two weeks, each darker and bloodier than the last.

Chico area citizens raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in World War I "liberty loan" campaigns such as this one in 1917.

The final part of Martin Luther King's last speech. He delivered it on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee .

Actors dressed as German and Russian soldiers take part in the re-enactment of the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in Szkotowo, Poland, Sunday, July 27, 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. .

Actors dressed as German and Russian soldiers take part in the re-enactment of the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in Szkotowo, Poland, Sunday, July 27, 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. .

The Michigan Library and Historical Center in Lansing plans to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I this week with a symposium exploring its effects on the state.

Pope Francis is marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I with an impassioned plea for people to "not repeat the mistakes of the past," urging them to embrace dialogue to overcome conflicts.

U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes' campaign says former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to join her at a campaign rally in eastern Kentucky next month.

Ellis Williams had his rib removed to reconstruct his nose - it was one of the many groundbreaking moments surgery during the Great War He was almost left for dead by World War I medics who saw his dreadful facial injuries and thought he wouldn't survive.

The Spirit of the American Doughboy statue stands in Morehead, on the lawn of the Rowan County Arts Center.

In this March 1918 photo, American soldiers of Company K, 165th Infantry of the Fighting 69th, Old Rainbow Division, march to the trenches at St. Clement, France during World War I. As the world marks 100 years since World War I began on July 28, 1914, take a look back at where Long Island and New York's war dead came from, their military branch ... (more)

Gehry, David and Anne Eisenhower, and Rocco Siciliano talk after a press conference about the memorial back in March 2010.

CREATING the tools of modern combat isn't the kind of thing any sane war would want on its resume.

To commemorate the start of World War I, the Sunday Mirror has asked famous faces to read war poems #ForTheFallen - here, Tinchy Stryder reads Rupert Brooke First recited from the pulpit of St Paul's Cathedral in 1915 on Easter Sunday, then published the next day in The Times 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke quickly became renowned as one of the ... (more)