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Beginning the war dressed for fashion and equipped with the most unreliable weapons, the redoubtable French "Poilus" stopped the German juggernaut and saved his country.

Bastille Day is reason enough for a party. It's July, so most parties are outdoors or a pique-nique in the park. Serve this as a side or a main dish salad.

The Tony Award Best Musical makes the trek to the Great White North for the first time, opening officially at the Canon Theatre in Toronto.

The myth regarding the link between the marksmanship of King Henry V's archers and the two fingered salute is exposed.

The British Museum has some of the world's greatest treasures, from the colossal Elgin Marbles to the delicate Portland Vase. Do it the easy way - see top tip below.

The commercial possibilities of the mighty Mekong River attracted great attention in nineteenth-century French Indochina.

From the early 10th century until today, people's interest in using essential oils for health care has been evident.

The rise to power of a Welshman who had only a weak claim to the throne, but ended the Wars of the Roses and started one of the most famous dynasties in history.

In 1809, Louisa Adams moved with her husband to Saint Petersburg, Russia. The six years the family spent there were very stressful for Louisa.

Credible people reported phenomena, including hearing mysterious sounds. The paranormal investigation conflicted with historical evidence, but was recorded as authentic.

The majority of forest fires could be avoided by one easy solution that lies within the grasp of most people, and that is the simple application of common sense.

While surrounded by war, the women of Newport still made a fashion statement with their dresses of homespun and imported fabric.

A brief history of the heroic unit of American pilots who flew for France before America joined World War One.

During the dramatic upheavals of the French Revolution only one form of communication was truly accessible to all classes of people - the popular song.

Absinthe, commonly referred to as the 'green fairy,' drew many 19th-century artists and writers into its mysterious web.

The Jemison family lived in the Buchanan Valley in Adams County, Pennsylvania when Mary and a neighbor boy were taken to the Ohio Valley by the Shawnee Indian Tribe.

People have witnessed a phantom funeral procession of ghosts dressed in colonial clothes treading toward a cemetery, then vanish. There are legends about of its origin.

For those American patriots who believed that Divine Providence favored their cause, the unlikely victory at Yorktown, Virginia provided proof for the ages.

One year after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, police from the European Union, backed by NATO peacekeepers, fire tear gas and stun grenades at Serb protesters.

As an insurgency grows in size it can switch from guerrilla tactics and develop into a conventional armed force that can negate the technological advantage of it's enemy.

An ancient block of basalt, detailing the greatness of an Egyptian king, became the answer to the riddle of hieroglyphics.

Hot-air balloons are used today for recreation, but in another age, these aerial wonders were deployed in war.

The 1791 Slave Revolt of the French colony of Haiti is regarded as the first successful rebellion of the Latin American colonies against European rule.