the Navy owned the Jeffboat shipyard during World War II. Jeffboat builders constructed more than 100 warships for use in the ...

FOSTER TWP. — Eckley Miners’ Village came alive this weekend with the sights and sounds of its annual 1940s Weekend, this year emphasizing the importance of support and sacrifices on the homefront ...

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum tells the story of the people of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. One particular point of pride is when Manitowoc built 28 submarines for the United States Navy in ...

New events proposed for Naper Settlement in 2020 include a Naperville Pride celebration, a new wine fest called Naperville Uncorked and Homefront 1940s Weekend. The lineup additions come in the wake ...

Award-winning historian and author Charles C. Bolton will deliver a lecture titled "World War II Home Front Mobilization in the Deep South: An Assault on Jim Crow" as this year's installment of ...

Titled "Rosie the Riveter," this Norman Rockwell piece was on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943. It's among the 44 images on display at the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum ...

Many Tri-Staters have enjoyed the model trains on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center during the holidays, but did you know they played a key role for the U.S. Army in World War II? In 1936, B&O ...

NASHUA – As World War II grows farther away, an upcoming exhibit is bringing to life stories of Nashuans who experienced the conflict on June 14 at the Nashua Historical Society. Combining artifacts, ...

Looking at such keepsakes as Kay Scholl's white honeymoon negligee made of dotted swiss curtains and the parachute-silk bed jacket she wore in the hospital after giving birth, it's easy to get the ...