John Saunders was a prominent figure in modern-day Virginia Beach until the revolution came. Here’s what happened to him afterward.

Mary Bolling presided over her estate even as the British occupied it, and a British general died in her home.

Oxygen, Sedition, and Mozart

Nellie Bly’s New York

The World of "Never Caught": On The Trail of Ona Judge

The exhibit features more than a dozen maps of Boston, New England and North America made before, during and after the American Revolution. They tell the story of how Boston and its landscape made the...

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SAFE PASSAGE is the first book to feature the dramatic story of the American civilians, trapped on the Hawaiian Islands after the horrifying surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, who were e...

American Revolutionary Geographies Online is a portal containing thousands of maps from dozens of institutions that bring to life the history and geography of the American Revolutionary War era.

Nellie Bly’s New York

CORNWALL IRON FURNACE A Vestige from a Long-ago Industry Remains Intact

THE SURF CITY DISASTER Eight Lives Lost When Excursion Steamer Capsizes

THE SURF CITY DISASTER Eight Lives Lost When Excursion Steamer Capsizes

James Fenimore Cooper’s visit to Lake George in August, 1824 helped inspire his novel Last of the Mohicans.

A history buff and his wife take a road trip along Virginia Route 30, also called King William Road, stopping along the way to learn more about the area’s past.

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to provide permanent access...

It was a game for the ages at Fenway Park--Babe Ruth dueling Walter Johnson for 13 innings, until Larry Gardner ended the game in stunning fashion.

The Innocent, the Damned, and Daniel Webster

TOURING LYNNHAVEN HOUSE An 18th-Century house in Virginia Beach undergoes preservation update

Nellie Bly’s New York

Enduring Legacy

“Jailed for Teaching Black Children”

The Only One: Jennie Wade was the Lone Civilian Fatality of the Battle of Gettysburg

Oxygen, Sedition, and Mozart

“A Remarkably Progressive Corean Woman”: Lady Bae of the Korean Legation

You Can’t Have a Hero Without a Villain

Enduring Legacy

James Wormsley, a Black man who owned a luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., had a connection to both Juneteenth and to Massachusetts.