The basic beats of the story behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke go something like this: In the late 16th century, a group of English colonists settled on an island off the coast of modern-day North ...

The story of these thirteen colonies is a good tonic and a good corrective. The man who thinks all the good lies behind us in the simple and democratic early days of the nation may learn something ...

U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald explained how the 13 original American colonies were settled and the differences between the colonies and their people. U.S. Military ...

Still, Adams failed to outright ask the most important questions: Were Canadians ever willing to join the rebellious Thirteen Colonies? Would an invasion have ever convinced them? A painting of ...

CAMBRIDGE — The subjects of the 44 photographs in Wendel A. White’s “Manifest: Thirteen Colonies” range in date from the 1700s to early in this century. The show runs at Harvard’s ...