In up-close looks at war via videos, museum-goers can go back to the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, an intense scene of ...

Local author and historian Benjamin Shallop and Solidarity Rising — a Massachusetts-based progressive, working-class coalition — will host the event “Talking Trouble” this Tuesday at Espacio in Salem, ...

Today on Juneteenth, we are celebrating African American freedom and history with a look at The Black Heritage Trail of New ...

News of the discoveries comes amid the opening of the Williamsburg Bray School building, which educated hundreds of free and ...

Surprisingly learning these stories gave me strength,” he said. “I revered these incredible people for their ability to ...

Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

We can’t afford to only tell the patriotic version of history. The Revolutionary War gave birth to a democracy built on ...

As millions of Americans protested at “No Kings” rallies across the country, onlookers gathered in Washington on the ...

The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning will host a special two-day screening of the television miniseries Roots in honor of ...

For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of history's darkest chapters with joy — such as parades or ...

I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 ...