Leader’s celebration of Lexington’s 250th anniversary focuses on James Baily “JB” Faulconer – sports broadcaster, horseman ...

It may not sound like the best of ideas: combining the consumption of ale with the throwing of sharp objects at a small ...

Watford Observer local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at the links between Corran School in Watford and the Moberly-Jourdain incident.

Middletown officials kicked off Black History Month Saturday morning by naming a street after a man who spent most of his ...

Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...

Since the late 18th century, small colonies of bats have guarded the books in the Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in central Portugal. The library contains 60,000 books that are all ...

When the 18th century church planter, evangelist and foreign missionary George Liele was imprisoned in Jamaica, he spread the ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...

Quantum Theatre’s new production will shine a light on a historical rebel you won’t find in textbooks. Benjamin Lay was an ...

Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King’s ...