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Imagine the fear you might have marching into battle with guns blazing all around you. Imagine the courage it took to charge an enemy when their cannons thundered at you from a fortified hilltop. Imagine fighting in a foreign country far from home against a determined foe and waging a war that half of your country opposes. Imagine putting your life in danger on a daily basis. Such was the experience of Fort Scott soldiers during the Mexican-American War.

Have you ever had your job description change? Soldiers at Fort Scott were sent here to serve as a "border patrol" to keep Missouri settlers and Native American tribes separated. However, many of the events in which they became involved in the 1840s had the opposite effect. Instead of containing westward expansion, soldiers at Fort Scott became agents of the largest expansion of territory in US history.

A new pair of VSFS interns help the park tell a little-known story of Great Britain’s involvement in the final negotiations of the U.S.-Mexican War.

Now in its second year, Palo Alto Battlefield's Virtual Student Federal Service project continues to provide valuable insight to the little-known story of Great Britain’s interest for preventing the U.S.-Mexican War.

General Zachary Taylor's leadership during the Mexican American War had a profound influence on Ulysses S. Grant.

The times are a changin’, and there’s no better time to honor those moments of change than in June. Over the course of America’s history, the month of June is filled with cultural changes, and some seasonal ones too. So just before the season changes and summer begins, take some time to visit these parks that commemorate extraordinary moments.

In 1880, retired general and president Ulysses S. Grant was elected President of the Mexican Southern Railroad. Working with longtime friend Matias Romero, a former minister to the United States from Mexico, Grant desired the construction of a railroad to increase commerce and trade between Mexico and the United States.

I will talk today about our efforts to restore the cultural landscape and how it impacts our visitor experience. Palo Alto Battlefield is the only national park that is dedicated to preserving and interpreting sites associated.with the US Mexican War, 1846 to 1848. Right now we have a Palo Alto Battlefield and Resaca de la Palma Battlefield and there is legislation in Congress to expand our boundary to include the earthen ruins of Fort Brown.

Ulysses S. Grant is the most famous cadet from West Point's class of 1843, but many of his classmates had noteworthy military careers of their own after graduation. Learn about some of these graduates in this article.

In 1908, Emma Dent Casey, youngest sister of Julie Dent Grant, reflected on her relationship with Ulysses S. Grant and her childhood at White Haven.