US Independence Day was never the simple morality tale Americans often tell themselves. Under Donald Trump the debate over ...

The millions of people who inhabited colonial America left traces of their lives behind—from George Washington’s bed to a ...

Wroxton Abbey is a manor house which 250 years ago was the home of Lord Frederick North, the then British Prime Minister.

Thousands will be descending on Colonial Williamsburg for the holiday weekend. ”We heard Williamsburg and we’re like, where ...

Colonial Americans were drinking coffee long before they dumped tea into Boston Harbor or fought a war for independence. The ...

Don’t get all cocky, you 13 original colonies. Yes, yes, 250 years, congratulations, enjoy the cake. But here on the West ...

In 1776, Southwest Florida was a British colony with stronger cultural and economic ties to Havana than to the American ...

Washington DC, the US capital, is known for its museums dedicated to history, culture and science, and its memorials to ...

On the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this much is clear: Americans are united in believing that ...

New research uncovers a lost world of strange crocodile relatives that once thrived across Australasia alongside early humans.

The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra has removed from public display all its significant art works from the first 150 ...

Crashes, explosions and hijackings make the story of this little-known liner a great deal more dramatic than those of its ...