Japan Today17hOpinion
To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another
When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly ...
On this day in history, September 21, 1780, Benedict Arnold betrays cause of American independence
American officer Benedict Arnold met in secret with British Major John Andre on Sept. 21, 1780, with a plot to trade the ...
Barbara Clark Smith: To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another
When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old. In September 1774, nearly ...
Rapid City Journal5d
American Revolution Experience: Interactive exhibit highlights diverse people, experiences that shaped the birth of U.S.
The exhibit invites the public to explore lesser-known history about our nation’s beginnings and the diverse experiences of ...
Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler
William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger ...
Eagle-Tribune23h
Raise a beer in honor of our colonial history
The American Independence Museum will host its first Fall Beer for History with Sawbelly Brewing from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, ...
Rare Colonial New England coin up for auction, expected to fetch $1 million
With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...
National Catholic Register3d
Primer on the Only Catholic Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
He was not only the lone Catholic to do so, but being the richest man in the colonies, Carroll was putting his entire fortune ...
Mysterious Origins of Possibly America's Oldest Tombstone Are Revealed
The provenance of the 17th-century tombstone from the Jamestown, Virginia, colony, has been identified in a study.
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily4d
Annual Naturalization Ceremony in Colonial Williamsburg Welcomes 82 New Citizens
A naturalization ceremony hosted by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Williamsburg Chapter, National Society ...
kottke.org11d
Colonial Williamsburg, a Safe Space for Learning History
When you woke up this morning, you probably didn’t think the most interesting & thought-provoking thing you’d read t ...
The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon’s Rebellion
A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very ...