D.G. Martin takes a look at life on Ocracoke Island and in Hyde County before there was an elevator or incorporated town in ...

Parliament passed the Stamp Act, the first internal tax on the American colonies, and thus began a decade of missteps by the ...

Jane Kamensky is the president and CEO of Monticello and the author of “A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton ...

The birth of our country may feel like a familiar story. But in making a documentary about it, we found plenty of revelations ...

Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave ...

On April 12, 1776, the 4th Provincial Congress in session at Halifax passed a resolution that became known as “The Halifax Resolves.” In this document, North Carolinians declared ...

Southampton, on England’s southern coast, has been at the heart of global seafaring for two millennia, playing key roles in ...

This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later ...

Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55% of managed colonies last year—the highest loss rate since the Apiary ...

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates across the United States. Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55 percent of ...

Family is a theme that runs through "Hamilton" like the spirit of revolution ran through the colonies in the late 18th ...