Williamsburg City Council approved a contract Thursday that pushes the trail to the next step — the creation of a mobile app and physical map to go along with the trail. When it’s completed, the ...

The Declaration of Independence is venerated for its poetic language and universalist prologue, with the soaring, “self-evident” truth that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ...

A new study of animal bones from Jamestown reveals colonists ferried donkeys across the Atlantic, reshaping early American life and survival.

Follow the American Revolution through a modern lens as Google Earth brings historic battlefields, colonial cities, and key campaigns to life. From Boston and Philadelphia to Yorktown, this visual ...

Columbus Day falls on the second Monday of October, and different states across the country will be celebrating the day next week in various ways. Some states recognize it as a paid holiday, while ...

Walden became the foundational text for the aesthetic strand of the American environmental movement. Its emphasis on nature’s beauty and the spiritual inspiration that could be enjoyed at a humble ...

Every baby name tells a story, but some tell the story of where we’re from. While Olivia and Liam have topped the national charts for six years in a row, state-by-state data paints a different picture ...

A study published in Science Advances about centuries-old horse and donkey bones, unearthed in Jamestown, Virginia, is rewriting the story of how these animals first arrived in North America.

Sky-gazers in North America can witness a dazzling super harvest moon early next week, peaking Monday night, October 6, into Tuesday morning. This special full moon, appearing larger and brighter as ...

A map drafted centuries ago as Spanish settlers solidified their presence in what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States has been returned to the Mexican government, marking the end of a ...

In last week’s column, I referred to a horrible snake in the grass, former British prime minister Tony Blair (pictured). It is Blair, who suggested the “acceptance of reality” equation.

The first people to arrive in the Western Hemisphere were Indigenous Americans, who were descended from an ancestral group of Ancient North Siberians and East Asians. They likely traveled along the ...