The Colonial Era living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia, offers an enlightening portrait of life in ...

The Bray School was exceptional for its time. Although Virginia waited until the 1800s to impose anti-literacy laws, white ...

Whether it’s children sporting pointy hats, Hocus Pocus playing on repeat, or homes adorned with bubbling cauldrons and ...

Scientists uncovered the origin of the oldest known surviving tombstone in the US, according to a new study. Here’s what it ...

This stopped Sweden from becoming a great international colonial power. However, one hugely important innovation the Swedes introduced to North America was their method of building log cabins, which ...

The Bitter Root Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is seeking entries for its history essay contest, titled ...

Discover the restoration of the Williamsburg Bray School, America's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, and its ...

On Oct. 15, Daisy Atterbury ’10, lecturer of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of New Mexico, released a ...

Frequently, early voting involved a voter placing colored balls or corn kernels or beans into a box, which were then counted.

Although Virginia waited until the 1800s to impose anti-literacy laws, white leaders across much of Colonial America forbid educating enslaved people, fearing literacy would encourage them to seek ...

A 2 p.m. dedication is open to the public and will include the reading of names of students who attended the school, along with several speeches, panel discussions and interpretive programs.

Colonial Williamsburg is offering a chance to dig into history with archaeologists from across Virginia on Nov. 16 at its ...