A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter ...

Bringing with them the languages of their homelands, immigrants newly arrived by ship at Ellis Island await official ...

Imagine a world where the Dutch, instead of the English, had colonized the Northeast of what would become the United States. What would America look like today if cities like New York, Boston, and ...

An updated New York State Parks and Historic Sites map highlighting affordable options for outdoor recreation and culturally enriching experiences, has been released.

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I wanted to see old New York, the earliest New York, the Lenni Lenape land of Mannahatta (“island of many hills”), the 1624 ...

"We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to ...

The institution of slavery was not brought to the New World with the arrival of the European settlers. Slavery had been ...

Here are some things you may not know about the U.S. Army, which will be honored Saturday in Washington, D.C. with a military ...

Some African presidents flew straight to Ouagadougou to sign the interim unity documents when they could not land. Some ...

When two colonies encounter one another, they merge together 'in alliance' rather than attacking – gradually forming one massive colony with multiple queens. They build their nests in the ...