Throughout history, New York City has played an important strategic role in many historic wars. The remnants of those conflicts can be found all over the five boroughs in the form of forts, cannons, ...

The sleepy Free State town of Springfontein once bustled madly during the South African War. Railway lines from Cape Town, Gqeberha (then Port Elizabeth) and East London all met here on their way to ...

The Blockhouse was one of many fortifications built in New York City during the War of 1812 to protect against British attack. Assuming that the British would attack from the harbor, New Yorkers ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings United States Marines (foreground) blow up a cave connected to a Japanese ...

All my life I've wanted to sing (and look) like Joan Jett (she stood in line behind me once at the A&P) or, more recently, Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) or Gracie Lawrence. Downtown ...

“Significant repairs” that need to be made on the site of a dormant fort are expected to be extremely costly. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is continuing to try and sell Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, ...

MIFFLIN – South Park's historic Blockhouse may soon become part of a small village. The same group of volunteers that completed the Blockhouse restoration in 2010 in South Park in Mansfield is ...

The structure was partly excavated in 1997, when these guns were uncovered A new dig has been planned to uncover the remains of a 16th Century blockhouse commissioned by Henry VIII as part of the city ...