The World Wars, the moon landing, the invention of the internet, the fall of empires, and civil rights revolutions — history has no shortage of epic, world-altering events. This article is not about ...

JUST AS WITH classic fairy tales, any mention of the Pig War brings lessons to mind: folly, courage, arrogance, the wisdom of restraint. Add an enchanted setting — San Juan Island — and this ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes, pork on Capitol Hill has to do with, well, pork. Or in this case a pig — a dead pig. With bipartisan support, a resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,307,677-week series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Pig War (1859) What it’s about: Sadly, not a war between two rival armies made up of talking ...

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, located between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and ...

Little known fact: Pigs might have helped to save the fiscal pork of Texas. History advocate Lanny Ottosen shared this fresh — or refreshed — insight into the famous 1841 Pig War between Austin hotel ...

In 1859, when an American farmer shot a pig on an island that both Britain and America claimed, a twelve-year-long standoff known as the Pig War began. From: AERIAL ...

The world shared a sigh of relief last month, when the U.S. stood down from launching military strikes against Iran. That region is so volatile, it wouldn’t take much to spark full-fledged war. And it ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1859, when an American farmer shot a pig on an island that both Britain and America claimed, a twelve-year ...