NEW YORK (PIX11) — U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant, the commander of Sector New York, received a historic promotion on Monday. Merchant became the first Black female admiral in the Coast Guard’s ...

In the aftermath of Floyd Mayweather's lopsided, 12-round decision over WBA welterweight king, Shane Mosley, HBO's Larry Merchant, among other things, told Mayweather, during the post-fight interview, ...

Zeita Merchant's first uniform was a Girl Scout’s uniform. Her first oath had her promise to make the world a better place. Today, Merchant wears a Coast Guard uniform and promises to serve the nation ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

SHALL we have a Federal Merchant Marine? President Wilson is still persistent in the matter. With his customary directness and forcefulness of manner he calls our attention, whenever an occasion ...

Five years ago, when James Parton and associates came out with a bimonthly magazine exclusively devoted to history, their publishing future seemed hardly more hopeful than the starting stake ($64,000) ...