With its victory and subsequent annexation of the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico, the United States stood poised to enter the 20th century as an imperial power. Troops on the march ...

On Jan. 7, 1924, decorated Marine Smedley Butler officially stepped into his position as Philadelphia's director of public ...

The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries, and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the early 20th Century after a protracted rebellion ...

But the craft nearly disappeared in the late 20th century when younger people left the trade for more profitable careers. See more here. More from Still Standing Asin tibuok, nicknamed the ...