With the Battleship New Jersey as their background ... of national holidays or significant historic anniversaries — like Independence Day — connect new citizens with our nation’s past ...

The unexpected death of Alexander III left Scotland in crisis and led to the Wars of Independence. Margaret, Maid of Norway Margaret, Maid of Norway, became Queen of Scotland when she was only ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

Battleship Cove, which was established in ... USS Olympia is now at home at the Independence Seaport Museum on the Delaware River near downtown Philadelphia, where it has been since 1957.

Every Japanese carrier converted from a battleship was lost during the war. Three out of the four British conversions met the same fate, as did USS Lexington and Independence-class carrier USS ...

August Coleman named “Battleship Kate,” a major work of ... evoking the Greek struggle for independence in the 1820s, was inevitably drawn into the American debate about slavery.

It holds the distinction of being the world's last active service battleship. According to recent visitors, the Battleship Missouri Memorial's war artifacts and exhibits complement the displays at ...