Everybody knows Civil War battles were not waged on Long Island. But that doesn’t mean that East Enders didn’t play a role when North and South clashed over slavery and secession.

It's the anti-Segway tour. One of Baltimore's latest promotions marries old-fashioned sightseeing with health and eco-consciousness: a tour that has visitors walking 10,000 steps, the American Council on Exercise's daily exercise recommendation.

The Marine Excursion of the Knights Of Pythias By Stephen Leacock The annual Leacock Summer Festival kicks off tomorrow at the Leacock Museum and runs through to Sunday, July 26.[...]

U.S. Air Force Band Components of the U.S. Air Force Band have several upcoming concerts scheduled: The Air Force Strings perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Air Force Memorial, One Air Force Memorial Drive, Arlington.

1865: The 146th Regiment, New York Volunteers, is mustered out of the Union Army after three years of fighting in such places as Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Little Round Top at Gettysburg and on other bloody battlefields of the Civil War.

U.S. Air Force Band Components of the U.S. Air Force Band have several upcoming concerts scheduled: Max Impact performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday on the U.S. Capitol steps, west side, Washington.

Pulitzer prize-winning author James M. McPherson will be honored for promoting public awareness of American history through his Civil War writings at an awards dinner next Sunday at the National Archives in Waltham.

WHEN Jon Lawrence announced that he wanted to become a volunteer at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, his wife, Terri, said it would be like joining a big boys' club.

WHEN Jon Lawrence announced that he wanted to become a volunteer at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, his wife, Terri, said it would be like joining a big boys' club.

A recent statement in this space raised the ire of the Irish. A slur against one-time acting governor Thomas Francis Meagher sparked heated response. A Dec. 4 column said the equestrian statue on the Capitol lawn in Helena was a monument to a drunken Irishman raised by more of the same.

The Aurora Historical Society is highlighting 50 people to know in the City of Lights in a new exhibit, which features both well-known and obscure contributors to Aurora's rich history.

Thomas Francis Meagher (1823–1867), as a young man, was an Irish revolutionary, fighting for Ireland's independence from British rule. During this time, Meagher introduced the flag that is now regarded as the national Flag of Ireland.

James Kroesen was not born in Columbus. He did not grow up here. And in fact, some of the transforming moments of his young life did not take place anywhere near here.

This Issue... "My flesh trembles at the anticipation of the many and great dangers into which my resolute and undaunted heart will lead me."