which has nothing to do with violins but instead recalls the battle of the same name that took place in the city in 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The battle became famous in the ...

The festival, June 4-11, will feature parades and historical reenactments ... who were at war with Spain. Over the next century, a succession of competing powers—French, Spanish, British ...

The pyramid that formed the center of Cholula’s religious life was expanded six times by the succession ... Spanish arrived. A walk through the cavernous building offers a glimpse of living ...

the Napoleonic Wars and the War of the Spanish Succession. In all those conflicts, as in the second world war, the initial and fundamental strategic priority for Britain was to maintain our own ...

The War of Spanish Succession provided an opportunity to take and use Port Mahon in Minorca as such a base. Details are given of the deployment of the military and naval forces used to take the port ...

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Saturday, Fort Ticonderoga echoed with battle cries and calls of “No Quarter!”A reenactment of that May 10th, 1775, capture marked a thrilling cl ...

It’s been 250 years since American patriots won its first victory in the Revolutionary War, changing the tide in their fight ...

Mount Vernon is marking a major anniversary with a reenactment and the ribbon cutting of a new feature on Sunday in Virginia.

LEXINGTON - Tens of thousands flocked to the Lexington Battle Green on Saturday morning, April 19, to watch the reenactment of the skirmish that launched the Revolutionary War. This year marked ...

This crook cannon even pull off a worthwhile theft. A low-level drug dealer stole an 800-pound cannon that was used in the Spanish American War from a Kansas park last week to settle a debt with ...