In a town as old as Williamsburg, Virginia, which was established in 1638, it’s often the case that historic buildings with interesting...
This is an episode you’ve been waiting for! Mark Tabbert, the Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington Masonic National...
We know from our explorations of early America that not all Americans were treated equally or enjoyed the freedoms and liberties other...
How do we know what we know about Benjamin Franklin? We know historians, museum curators, and archivists rely on historical documents and...
What do we know about the American Revolution? Why is it important that we see the Revolution as a political event, a war, a time of social...
After Henry Hudson’s 1609-voyage along the river that now bears his name, Dutch traders began to visit and trade at the area they called...
During the War for American Independence, the British Army attempted to create chaos and inflict economic damage to the revolutionaries’...
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech to an anti-slavery society and he famously asked “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, to Abiah Folger and Josiah Franklin. Although Franklin began his life as the...
One of the Caribbean islands that Christopher Columbus stopped at during his 1492-voyage was an alligator-shaped island that sits at the...