Throughout history, New York City has played an important strategic role in many historic wars. The remnants of those conflicts can be found all over the five boroughs in the form of forts, cannons, ...

The sleepy Free State town of Springfontein once bustled madly during the South African War. Railway lines from Cape Town, Gqeberha (then Port Elizabeth) and East London all met here on their way to ...

The Blockhouse was one of many fortifications built in New York City during the War of 1812 to protect against British attack. Assuming that the British would attack from the harbor, New Yorkers ...

All my life I've wanted to sing (and look) like Joan Jett (she stood in line behind me once at the A&P) or, more recently, Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) or Gracie Lawrence. Downtown ...

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“Significant repairs” that need to be made on the site of a dormant fort are expected to be extremely costly. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is continuing to try and sell Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, ...

A dig at a 16th Century blockhouse commissioned by Henry VIII for the city of Hull's defences has uncovered the original floor levels from the 1540s. Ken Steedman, of Humber Field Archaeology (HFA), ...

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