All are welcome to join the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) and Museum of African American History Boston I Nantucket for a ...

After decades of advocacy and cultural recognition, Juneteenth has finally been established as an official U.S. holiday. The ...

The National Park Service will offer free admission on Trump's birthday next year, but will eliminate the benefit for Martin ...

Beginning in 2026, the Trump administration will add free national park admission on Trump’s birthday while removing MLK Day ...

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both ...

In 1789, just years after America’s triumph over tyranny in the Revolutionary War, President George Washington established the first National Day of Thanksgiving, declaring “the duty of all Nations to ...

Thanksgiving is around the corner. That holiday is an annual reminder of our nation’s Christian roots, our godly heritage. Although Virginia rightfully proclaims that the first Thanksgiving was in ...

On the cusp of our nation’s 250th birthday, the Pilgrims can’t be ignored. Not only did our nation have its roots embedded in the Mayflower Compact written “in the name of God,” but their enduring ...

In President Franklin Roosevelt‘s White House, it was known as “Proclamation 2373.” In American culture, it swiftly became known as “Franksgiving” and was one of the most unpopular decisions made by ...

David Catanese as Lord Dunmore with Corinne Dame as Lady Dunmore outside the Governor's Palace. Photo by Brendan Sostak, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Virginia’s rebellion reached the point of ...

Host Lisa Rowan sits down with Virginia-born journalist Andrew Lawler to discuss Lord Dunmore’s Emancipation Proclamation, which offered freedom to some enslaved people … but there was a catch. Listen ...