An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

The conservative majority wants to apply a “history and tradition” test to the Second Amendment. But whose history—and what ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.

The group plans to rebuild of the Skipwith-Roper cottage, the 18th century home of Jackson Ward's first black homeowner.

Penelope J. Corfield from Royal Holloway, University of London, explores the symbolism of handshaking throughout human ...

However, during Captain Jonathan Carver's visit to the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes in the 1790s, he ...

However, during Captain Jonathan Carver's visit to the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes in the 1790s, he wrote that the name Worm Moon refers to a different sort of "worm ...

The weekend’s Soulard Mardi Gras celebration draws thousands of people to the historic south St. Louis neighborhood, providing an economic boost to local restaurants, bars, and shops.

Back in the 1790s, one southern area of St. Louis City was run by an upper Louisiana surveyor named Antoine Soulard. The neighborhood later embraced his namesake and began hosting Mardi Gras ...

Vermont officially became the 14th state. How did that happen? There were a few steps involved before Vermont could join the ...

Donald Trump was quite impressed with JD Vance's shamrock-themed socks. At the Oval Office, Trump praised Vance's socks ...

He showed paintings that illustrated the differences in the two men’s station in life in the 1790s and early 1800s. One showed Napoleon being crowned emperor; the other showed Lafayette on his ...