On Feb. 15, 1862, Sen. Henry Wilson, R-Mass., then chair of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, introduced a resolution for a Medal of Honor for the Army, according to the U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Congress approved this resolution — and President Abraham Lincoln signed...
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Meet the American who invented light beer
Joseph L. Owades, the son of working-class Jewish immigrants who escaped Europe shortly before ethnic turmoil ignited World War I, enjoyed an unlikely career reinventing the way Americans drink beer. Not once, but twice. His claim to fame? That he was, and still is, America’s greatest brewer. FOX NATION’S NEW SERIES ‘MEET THE AMERICAN WHO’...
On this day in history, July 9, 1828, American painter Gilbert Stuart dies at age 72
Gilbert Stuart, who created portraits of key figures of the American Revolution and in early U.S. history, died on this day in history on July 9, 1828. Gilbert’s distinctive portrait style remains the way that modern Americans view many of the Founding Fathers and other figures central to the nation’s formative years, noted George Washington’s...
Kirk Cameron announces new nonfiction book, 'Born to Be Brave,' about a 'spiritual comeback' in America
FIRST ON FOX: In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, author, actor, producer and conservative Christian activist Kirk Cameron announced that his newest adult hardcover nonfiction book, “Born to Be Brave,” is to be published in October by Post Hill Press. He calls it a “guidebook for America’s spiritual comeback — a practical and inspiring...



