"That was the only time in my life he ever gave any real details, and I was in my 40s and had already done eight years of ...

While we might associate M&Ms with all-things fun and whimsical today, they were actually popularized in one of the world's ...

In the midst of World War II, moments of compassion and mercy are rare, especially in the brutal reality of aerial combat.

Creamed chipped beef was a menu item my siblings recall, as I do too, served on our school lunch trays in the 1960s and 1970s ...

Everett Spackman of Laramie, Wyoming, has seen a lot over his 100 years of life. He served in two wars, and remembers the ...

Sitting on the ornately decorated living room wall of Dagmar Grieder’s South Austin home is a little blond doll clad in a floral dress. It was the one her mother abruptly picked for her to take as ...

I recently attended a gardening conference where I participated in a session on community gardens. Discussed were examples of ...

Collinsville author Thelma Ball has published a new book documenting the history of two major World War II defense plants in ...

French designer Louis Réard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new ...

The 4th of July is a holiday that means national celebration. But what that looks like has changed through the decades. From ...

Many of the traditions we know today began in postwar America — including the very color of many modern wedding dresses.

Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S.