By JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA (Associated Press) OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On …
By JOHN LEICESTER (Associated Press) UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it rose again over Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died exactly …
SAN JOSE — A San Jose housing development is poised to flatten nearly all of a long-shuttered movie palace, a disclosure that has dismayed local activists who seek to preserve …
On Memorial Day, we remember our fallen soldiers. For several years I have visited California’s oldest secular cemetery, the Oak Hill Memorial Park in San Jose, every Memorial Day to …
May 24 marks a day of significant historical events and milestones. From scientific achievements to cultural commemorations, this date has been a witness to events that have shaped the course …
Ford re-opens abandoned Dark Hollow Quarry As part of the Michigan Central Station restoration, Ford re-opened Dark Hollow Quarry in Indiana, source of the original limestone used for the train …
Photography has long played an instrumental role in preserving moments — some mundane, some good, and others downright horrific. A photo album from Auschwitz fits squarely in the latter group, …
Despite the ubiquity of the iPhone camera sound, with trillions of photos shot on iPhone every year, many people don’t know the fascinating analog origins of the camera app’s digital …
Mystery Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan (right). A photo he took of captured Confederate fortifications in Virginia, 1864 (left). Very little is known about American Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan …
Like the Underground Railroad, the Leica Freedom Train was not a physical object or location but a monumental and dangerous effort to save people from persecution and even death. During …