After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June ...

The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and enabled enslaved people to escape as stowaways in below-deck hideaways.

The status quo was untenable. When Belinda Stronach took control of The Stronach Group and its racing properties from her ...

racing took root in the American colonies in Maryland. By the 20th century, an estimated 40 million people (the equivalent of one out of every four Americans at the time) listened by radio to the ...

On a recent trip to New Hampshire, historian David Cecelski pored over historic accounts and survivors' sworn affidavits ...

Also known as The Moton Center, the Georgian-style home on the York River has hosted important civil rights ... “Everyday People: Through Freedom’s Lens,” rare photographs by Black ...

Photograph by Stuart Conway WITH PERMISSION OF TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM Croatoan was the name of both a barrier island to the south and the indigenous people who lived there, Carolina ...

showcases the roles of founders alongside those of other Virginians who played important roles. Five sections present a detailed look at what freedom meant to different people. Among them ...