Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

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 ...

The Cane River flows through northwest Louisiana where Caddo Indians once farmed corn and hunted deer. French explorer Louis ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

The airline also was bestowed as the most family-friendly airline in North America, and its flight attendants as the best cabin crew in both Canada and North America.

Many places in Michigan, including cities and streets, have French-origin names, a remnant of the state's past. Here's what to know.

Michigan was once a hub of French colonial settlements, starting in the 17th century. Across the state, place names continue to reflect Michigan's French legacy.

The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the first permanent English settlement in the United States.

Father Jacques Marquette, the man who gave Marquette its name, made an incredible mark not only on the Upper Peninsula, but throughout North America as well. The French Jesuit Missionary built an ...

President Emmanuel Macron has begun a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar in what is the first state visit by a French leader to its former colony off the east coast of Africa ...