"It's OK with me," Trump said about possible strikes in Mexico. His Mexican counterpart, President Claudia Sheinbaum, said ...

He helped shape the future America as a nation without slavery. The U.S. shed the institution nearly a century before Europe and Asia, which were consumed by slavery and genocide as recently as 1945.

United States Gen. Zachary Taylor was victorious over Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista on Feb. 23, 1847. Named for a nearby hacienda, the Battle of Buena Vista was ...

Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, in Orange County, Virginia. He had limited schooling but learned outdoor skills ...

MEXICO CITY — As President Trump amps-up his “war” rhetoric against the Mexican drug cartels, new questions are arising as to what such an effort might look like. “The cartels are waging war on ...

Be honest: What do you really know about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? The accord that formally ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) radically altered the destinies of both countries. So ...

How Did Service in Mexico Influence Later Performance? In recognition of the importance of the Mexican-American War in military education, Prof. Johnson (Lipscomb University) has collected essays on ...

This week on The Bookmark,James Aalan Bernsen, author of The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811. We’ll be talking about this overlooked first war ...

William H. Emory shaped the United States like few Americans before or since. The U.S. Army officer fought to expand the physical shape of the nation in the Mexican-American War. Emory later defied ...

The accord that formally ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) radically altered the destinies of both countries. So crushing was the defeat of Mexico that the United States demanded and received ...