During Black History Month, it's vital to remember Clarksville, Austin's most famous freedom colony, as an American American ...

The crimson clapboard colonial structure on Newport’s Farewell Street has been serving food and drink since 1673, making it America’s oldest operating tavern and a culinary time capsule where the past ...

Historian Richard Bell’s new book traces global upheaval stretching from Philadelphia and London to Freetown and Madras.

NPR's history podcast Throughline speaks with Ken Burns about his latest documentary, The American Revolution.

The United States is preparing to commemorate her semiquincentennial on July 4. For those challenged by history, this date ...

In the premier episode Let My People Go, Gates explores the early history, alliances and the core differences at the start of ...

“I think the reality is for centuries we treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good," wrote one of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing appointees, Cea Weaver, ...

Takeaways from Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” now streaming on PBS: History is not clean and simple. Events do not unfold in a linear and logical fashion that leads to inevitable ...

WILLIAMSBURG — The St. George Tucker House, an 18th century home in the heart of the city’s historic area, may be the site of where an endearing holiday tradition began. Its namesake was a ...

A new documentary dives into the history of "SantaCon", the annual tradition around the globe where revelers dress in festive costumes and participate in bar crawls. While thousands of participants ...

"The American Revolution" the latest look at history by Ken Burns. As a young filmmaker, Burns brought his cameras to Old Sturbridge Village. American Antiquarian Society in Worcester: "You don't have ...

A book on the downfall of Schwinn Bicycle that grew out of a Crain’s Chicago Business project is, after three decades, moving to the screen. “No Hands: The Wild Ride of the Schwinn Bicycle Company” is ...