Organizers recently announced the lineup for the annual commemoration of the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh. Most traditional ...

Joseph “Pep” Vocelka, who served in the Navy, fought in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian in the two years before he fought in the battle of Iwo Jima. He died May 13. Joseph “Pep ...

On September 4-5, Indians clashed with Taylor’s forces in the battle of Credit Island, off present-day Davenport, Iowa.

Battle of Bladensburg – August 1814 This is the seventh of a series of articles telling how Alexandrians were affected 200 years ago by the War of 1812.

Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, ...

Characters from a Paris island have returned to Credit Island after a two-year absence. Since the wooden sculptures based on Georges Seurat's 1884 painting "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" were ...

Cut off, outgunned, and surrounded—yet they fought on. In December 1941, a tiny garrison of U.S. Marines held off the full force of the Imperial Japanese Navy in one of WWII’s most defiant ...

The Seurat statues are back on Davenport’s Credit Island Park in all their blazing color, with a public rededication ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday.

Credit Island Park last year served as its third home, and after Schmidt received assurances from city officials that it would be usable this month, he announced the 450-acre park will again host ...

North Island Credit Union has announced the launch of "Georgia," a new virtual chatbot designed to deliver fast, intelligent and secure support to members 24/7. This new technology reflects the ...

The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945 when the U.S. troops, in their push for mainland Japan, landed on the island. It lasted until late June, killing more than 200,000 people.