WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...

Travel guide website Daily Passport has listed two Virginia locations among its “Six Fascinating Early Colonial America History Sites to Visit.” Colonial Williamsburg and its historic area and St.

Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America ...

The remains of a home believed to date to the late 17th century belonging to an "affluent" owner have been unearthed in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. During an excavation, archaeologists identified ...

This image courtesy of Rieley & Associates Landscape Architects shows a preliminary rendering for the reconstructed garden of John Custis IV at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a living history ...

It’s hard for modern Americans to understand the important role played by colonial churches prior to the American Revolution. Nine of the original 13 colonies had an established church; in Virginia, ...

Introduction: the thirteen colonies -- Virginia's native people -- A new colony -- Challenges and changes in Virginia -- Slave labor -- Life in Colonial Virginia -- The road to revolution and ...

Although 17th-century colonial Virginia seems like an unexpected place to defy the gender binary, a 26-year-old servant named Thomasin Hall did just that. As if life in colonial Virginia wasn’t ...