What made this encounter truly extraordinary was Samoset's command of the English language. He had learned to speak English from fishermen who worked the waters off Monhegan Island in the Gulf of ...

Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...

In his acclaimed new book, First Contact, Associate Professor of Literature Zac Zimmer draws on the power of speculative ...

A bi-annual forum for scholars who explore the colonial and revolutionary history of America. The symposium features prominent scholars in early American history as keynote speakers. The symposium ...

On Jan. 30, Yale professor Lisa Lowe held a lecture titled “Colonial Histories of the Present,” which navigated America’s history of colonialism, slavery and discrimination to study how each evolved ...

During the late sixteenth century, a great American Indian chiefdom arose along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Named Tsenacommacah (densely inhabited land) by the peoples who lived along the ...

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 ...

Connecticut's 1639 colonial celebration is often considered one of the first times a government had issued a "public proclamation for Thanksgiving," an expert said.

The passport encourages Virginians and visitors to commemorate America’s 250th by engaging with the Commonwealth’s foremost ...

Dearborn Inn's revival includes five historically inspired houses originally constructed in 1937 as tribute replicas for ...