PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Betsy Ross is a dynamo with a T-shirt cannon. America's 250th birthday has been a banner year for the actors of Historic Philadelphia, Inc. who immerse visitors in Colonial history ...

Crime and punishment in colonial America was a brutal business. Incarcerated people were barely fed, were often beaten, and fell ill from unsanitary conditions. Inspired by the benevolent Quaker ...

An open house and 20th anniversary celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Equine Rescue of Aiken ...

While those being deported to Liberia may not be familiar with the country, the same can’t be said for American policymakers ...

Few historic figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a ...

When America’s founding fathers set out to create a new country independent from Great Britain, they had a lot of decisions to make. One was simply what to call their invention. Today, the world may ...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country ...

"Well done is better than well said." This is a short maxim that Benjamin Franklin placed in the corner of his almanac. Why ...

Inside a Quaker meeting house in western Kenya, loud music complete with modern instruments can be heard from a distance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An engraving of the surrender of British forces to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Michael Lee/Moment via ...

When the first colonist crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived on the shores of what would become the Carolina’s, they found it harsh but beautiful, populated with Native Americans who ...

Elkin Municipal Park is now a place for area residents, visitors and families to enjoy hiking, sports, swimming and more. But ...