An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret. Founded in AD 1607, ...

One of my family’s early road trips after immigrating to the U.S. was to Jamestown and Williamsburg, where we learned about ...

New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and ...

Thanksgiving is the oldest and most truly American of our national holidays. If you ask young school students who hosted and attended the first Thanksgiving dinner, you will surely hear that it was ...

Some Jamestown history went up in flames in 2003 when the Potter House on West Main Street across from Jamestown Elementary ...

American composer William Perry is also a TV and film producer, so it's no wonder that his music has a cinematic quality to ...

Researchers’ work to uncover Bermuda’s colonial history has been highlighted in a cover story for December’s Smithsonian ...