By Victor Block I recently took a stroll through a charming town in France that, because of its many canals and bridges — I was told it has 131 overpasses — is known as the Venice of the area. While ...

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across the cities, villages, and countryside. You can wander through medieval ...

Between 1632 and 1760, over 700 Indigenous children were enslaved in New France, treated as property to be bought and sold.

In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...

George Washington was president when a group of bois ‘d arc saplings were first beginning their growth in the soil of ...