The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded ...
America 250 celebration with Morgan Magnuson, colonial reenactor. When: 10 a.m. Friday, then every third Friday of 2026. Where: Talala Area Public Library, 106 W. Watova St. in Talala. Event ...
The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different ...
A world to take -- England stakes a claim -- the land they found -- Atlantic foothold -- Religious havens -- The people who came -- Competition for colonies -- Burdens and blessings -- The settlers ...
A portrait of Esther Burr. During the first act of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, Aaron Burr remembers his mother, the late Esther Edwards Burr, with intense, almost apotheotic fondness: “My mother ...
OUR country has been suddenly placed in the position of a man who, intending to make a small bill at a foreclosure sale to protect the interest of a poor neighbor, finds himself unexpectedly the owner ...
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America ...
Collective property ownership failed twice in the early 17th century in a fledgling America because of basic human nature.