Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, lies just a short drive away and provides insight into the earlier, more desperate days of English colonization. Yorktown, where the ...

In the largest battle reenactment ever held in Massachusetts, Stage Fort Park and its adjoining beaches are hosting more than 1,000 reenactors Saturday for an hours-long commemoration of the 250th ...

A stately 1930s Colonial in Maplewood, New Jersey was in good condition but lacked personality, having been painted bright white in most rooms for resale. The homeowner, who had lived there for about ...

Johnson Hall is located at Johnstown, Fulton County The site is the restored 1763 Georgian-style home of Sir William Johnson, a prominent figure in 18th-century colonial life and British ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Clearwater police said they have finally identified the body of a man found near a local bridge three decades ago. According to the Clearwater Police Department, the ...

THOMASVILLE — The John Lee of Nansemond Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century held its May meeting with a very special guest present, Lynne Allen Tate, 46th Georgia ...

Originally built in 1779, the church features remarkable 18th-century frescoes by iconographers from Chionades and had long been in disrepair. Restoration works, with a total budget of €765,000, were ...

The Battle of Fall River Reenactment Weekend filled the park on May 31 with dozens of people living 18th century history and hundreds of spectators enjoying the trip back in time.

Reports on the IRA's mid-century Border Campaign and strife in imperial Russia are among the stories which have now been placed online as part of a project to make the News Letter's old editions ...

Detectorist discovers lost 18th-century ring ‘gleaming in sunshine’ on Norfolk walk Malcolm Weale, 53, says he knew the ring was ‘very special’ and ‘did a bit of a dance’ when he ...

A gold ring that had been lost for centuries has been found by a metal detectorist “gleaming in the sunshine”.. Malcolm Weale, 53, found the historic piece of jewellery in a field near ...

The ring, which was found in a field in Norfolk on England's east coast, is linked to a member of the British nobility whose name and date of death are inscribed on the inside of the golden band.