One of the most famous poems ever written and arguably the most ... speakers and time to draw upon the dread of living in the ...

John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army, wrote possibly one of the most famous pieces of war poetry, In Flanders Fields, while observing the scenes outside a dressing station near Ypres in 1915.

Those words graphically bring to life a terrifying gas attack on a British trench during the First World War. They’re from one of the most famous poems of the war, “Dulce et Decorum Est” by ...

During World War II, the site was used to hold ... most likely written before 1930s. Many of the poems were very likely composed by several authors working in succession. There contain many references ...

Why “Still I Rise” Became Famous: The poem’s fame can be attributed to ... including Winston Churchill during World War II, ...

Case in point: famous Hispanic Americans who have made significant ... until they were interned in camps after the start of the war. Gabaldon enlisted as a Marine and was stationed in the South ...

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, witnessed one of the most shocking assassinations in recent Middle Eastern history: former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed in a bomb attack on his convoy near ...

“If I should die, think only this of me: that there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England,” As several ...

Later, when Whitman lived in Washington during the Civil War, he often stood near the corner of 14th and L Streets to glimpse Lincoln en route to and from his summer cottage. In a famous journal ...

Infectious diseases have demonstrated over centuries their ability to take advantage of any openings we give them for spread.

3 TELL ME EVERYTHING (Random House, $30). By Elizabeth Strout. Recurring characters Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob ...

Stephen Handschu, a sculptor who was born blind, moved from Chicago to New York City. He happened to be friends with a ...