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A John Trumbull painting of the death of American ... at Quebec City’s heavily fortified citadel on New Year’s Eve, effectively ending the first foreign invasion by the Thirteen Colonies ...
These first Africans in Virginia were not the first Africans in North America, but they were a significant part of the ever changing Atlantic world during the colonial era. Their travels and ...
In Language City, Ross Perlin, a linguist, takes readers on a tour of the city’s communities with endangered tongues.
The UK is home to many delightful seaside towns. Some are known for their gorgeous beaches, others for their arcades, and ...
This year brings together 30 artists from across 18 regions and presents 22 works created especially for the festival. These ...
Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.
Context: On Friday, Trump threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on E.U. imports beginning June 1, saying that trade talks ...
Russia unleashed one of its largest drone and missile barrages of the war on Ukraine over the weekend, killing at least 12 ...
Main Street is the heart of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem District, built by its original Moravian settlers, a Protestant ...
Once upon a time, Australia knew who it was. A plucky, sunburnt frontier of sheep, surfboards, and mild xenophobia – where ...
Invasive imported fire ants have now been found in Chesterfield County, the Tri-Cities and several other Central Virginia ...
A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...