Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

Great white sharks appear to be using the shallow coastal waters next to some of Maine's most popular beaches in late summer while traveling between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, most likely snacking on ...

Decades earlier, the Puritans had planted colonies in New England, with Boston as their ... which began nearly four centuries ago with Richard Nicolls’ twin missions and which was rooted in ...

According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools. While ...

Family is a theme that runs through "Hamilton" like the spirit of revolution ran through the colonies in the late 18th ...

Like the beaver it nearly wiped out, HBC made Canada into its home by fundamentally transforming its environment, and no ...

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has created worry.

The Sterling Mine, the last operating mine in New Jersey, suspended large-scale commercial mining operations in 1986. Since then, it has become a popular tourist attraction and educational center that ...

It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their first victory against the Crown, and after that there was no turning back: the ...

British police arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday, a day after the ...