Today is a holiday that's seldom celebrated in New York anymore: Evacuation Day, the commemoration of the end of the American Revolution...

We hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday weekend. Yesterday's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was one of the largest in the parad...

Happy Evacuation Day! 226 years ago, George Washington returned to New York City to officially end the Revolutionary War; for many years, th...

The fall of Mexico City, 1847 Today, May 7, marks the anniversary of the death of General William Jenkins Worth, hero of the Battle of Chapu...

Before we get to Thanksgiving (which will be the subject of a future post), we have another holiday coming up next week: Evacuation Day. So,...