The 1940s was a turbulent decade, forever defined by World War II. The war touched all areas of society, including the garment industry and ultimately changed the face of fashion forever. Rations ...

The annual 1940s WWII Era Ball goes back in time right down to every last retro detail, with re-enactor appearances by ’40s celebrities, swinging to big band music and some cherry examples of WWII ...

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 ...

During World War II, thousands of men and women boarded trains, leaving their hometowns for their military assignments. For many of them, it was their first trip away from home, and many would not ...

McLEAN, Va. — There were too many people on deck for him to see the Japanese officials walk onto the USS Missouri, but Robert Kaufman remembers watching them surrender. Hundreds of men from dozens of ...

A 96-year-old World War II veteran was honored this week with a flight on a 1940s-era plane. Cy Massar of Chicago worked as an aviation machinist mate in the Navy during the Second World War and ...

Time capsules don’t always come in the form of beat-up boxes buried deep underground. For the past eight years, Khyentse James has worked hard to create a living and breathing memento from another era ...

In November, Franklin Roosevelt won his third term as U.S. president. This broke something called the Washington precedent — a norm that the very first U.S. president, George Washington, set when he ...

GALVESTON -- On Dec. 7, 1941, Galvestonian Jules "Bo" Biron watched Japanese fighter pilots blast apart a flight of B-17 bombers one by one as their unlucky crews arrived in Hawaii in the middle of ...

Making a romance work is actually quite simple. All you need are two attractive actors with chemistry and a good screenplay that supports these characters and allows the audience to fall in love with ...