The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

The British flag was adopted on Jan. 1, 1801. Nigeria The Nigerian flag comprises three equal-sized vertical stripes. While the green color represents the nation's lush vegetation and its ...

and the flag for Tristan da Cunha, part of a British Overseas Territory also including Saint Helena and the Ascension Island. "It would be a bit like a Frenchman saying the Irish flag was an abuse ...

Commodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed the same level of prestige as his older brother Oliver Hazard Perry, who ...

After the death of his wife, local newspaper writer Tony (Ricky Gervais) gets stuck on the second stage of grief: anger. With nothing left to live for, he decides to fill the lives of everyone ...

Ross, Shawna Bratton, Francesca Krzakowski, Caroline Corser, Sophie Keese, Andrew Phillips, Joshua West, Mark Cooper, Samuel D’Monte, Rebecca Martín, Gustavo A ...

The cake, which no longer looks edible, survived for almost eight decades since the wedding day on Nov. 20, 1947.

A false flag is a political or military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it. Nations have often done this by staging a real or simulated attack on their own side ...

With its roots in the 1600s, Tunbridge ware is the earliest British holiday souvenir industry.This Victorian work table by Edmund Nye's factory shows Tunbridge ware at its elaborate best.

Students tell us what they have learned from the platonic, familial and romantic relationships in their lives. By The Learning Network How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do ...

This book reviews the role of British Foreign Secretaries in the formulation of British policy towards Japan from the re-opening of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the ...