WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...

A Demonstration in front of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Germany on July 20, 2021. Nestled alongside the River Spree south of Berlin’s city center, Treptower Park is home to green lawns, riverboat ...

The remnants of a small colonial community, built roughly 270 years ago, before the Revolutionary War, can be found crumbling and rusting on a country road and covered bridge in Alamance County. Small ...

In the 17th century, life along what would become the Delaware coast included European families working alongside enslaved Africans to farm the land and survive a rugged pioneer life. The recent ...

While reading through 18th-century historical records, Colonial Williamsburg’s Gender and Sexuality Diversity Committee researcher Ren Tolson discovered something telling buried within the hundreds of ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia are uncovering one of colonial America's most lavish displays of opulence: An ornamental garden where a wealthy politician and enslaved gardeners grew ...

Stephen Seals stood onstage waiting to be auctioned off. Moments later, a white slave auctioneer pointed a gun at one of the other Black men gathered with Seals, and a Black mother cried for her ...

Students and researchers exploring the colonial history of the Caribbean region have a powerful new tool in their toolkits: Adam Matthew’s Colonial Caribbean collection, outfitted with Quartex ...

William & Mary’s graduate program in U.S. colonial history is the best in the country, according to rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. In the report on the nation’s best graduate ...