It reminds you about the sacrifices that people were willing to make for something that they believed in, and I think our ...

Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown Settlement try to help people learn about the past through public history. With a dynamic approach — such as putting visitors in the center of the action with ...

Newly uncovered remnants of an army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg offer new clues into the lives of America's first ...

The settlers in Colonial America faced constant challenges, from harsh weather to unpredictable dangers. If you wanted to survive, you had to put in a lot of hard work, have plenty of resilience ...

Hämäläinen is Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University. His new book is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. He is also the author of The Comanche Empire ...

But Colonial Williamsburg isn’t all muskets and tri-corner hats. Right next to the historic area is Merchants Square, which blends 18th-century architecture with modern shops and restaurants.

Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

Colonial Williamsburg reenactor Ron Carnegie stands as guest begin to file into Kimball Theatre during a local premiere for the third season of AMC’s Revolutionary War drama, “TURN: Washington ...