What’s in a nickname? To some at George Washington University, the near-century old “Colonials” celebrates imperialism and needs to go. Some students at the Washington D.C. university are pushing to ...

Wooden fortifications dating back to the 1690s have been uncovered in Quebec City in what archaeologists are describing as a major discovery. Discovered in the city’s historic Old Quebec neighborhood, ...

(The Hill) – George Washington University has selected “Revolutionaries” as its new moniker, after the school decided to scrap its former team nickname — Colonials — under growing student pressure.

FIRST, FROM RURAL FIELDS TO URBAN MANUFACTURING, THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO BANKING, COLONIAL AMERICA’S ECONOMY WAS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES. NOW, SOME OF AMERICA’S OLDEST INSTITUTIONS ARE ...

Back in 1767, before the Declaration of Independence and the Boston Tea Party, a family built a barn and a small house in what's now The Berkshires. It was the first house in the village of Hancock, ...

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