In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, July Fourth week is a time for 250th anniversary events, the ...

From Latin dance and art classes, to motorcycle rallies and lectures, here's what's happening around Asheville in June.

The Appoquinimink River might not have the name recognition of the Mississippi or the Hudson, but what it lacks in fame, it makes up for in ecological importance. This tidal river and its associated ...

Contrast that with the “big, beautiful” spending bill being steered through Congress by today’s career politicians, who ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

In the Hulu drama, Brown and Ernest Kingsley Jr. shed new light on the slave narrative by way of a gifted young boy's ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to honor a rebellious general alongside English kings.

Traitor or hero? Statue of George Washington stirs mixed reaction in London. By Steve Hendrix The Washington Post,Updated June 18, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

In a 1784 letter to the marquis, George Washington wrote, “It is unnecessary, I persuade myself to repeat to you my Dear Marqs. the sincerity of my regards and friendship, nor have I words which ...

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by grinding up the prized stone known as lapis lazuli. By the 1900s, it was still ...

News4’s Drew Wilder reports. The names of people who were enslaved on George’s Washington’s Mount Vernon estate are inscribed on the walls of what was their home: Tom Nokes. Vina. Barbara.