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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Mystery behind oldest tombstone in US belonging to English knight solved
The oldest known tombstone in the US belonged to an English knight and likely came from Belgium, according to a new study ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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 ...