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A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...
Share or comment on this article: Talk about striking gold! Amateur metal detectorist discovers an 18th-century ring in a field in Norfolk - and it's linked to a member of the British nobility ...
Based on the British Museum's measurements, the Gawdy ring is roughly a U.S. size 6 or 7 (U.K. size L to N), meaning that it might have been made for a woman or a teenager.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Those in Green Bay wanting to experience life in the 18th century didn’t need a time machine this Memorial Day weekend at Heritage Hill. ‘The Red-Coats in… ...
Ever since King Henry VIII severed his nation’s ties to Roman Catholicism in the 16th century, Irish Catholics had suffered for their faith. Their lands were confiscated. They couldn’t bear arms.
Textbooks, historians and descendants of Revolutionary War soldiers agree: the earliest live rounds of combat broke out at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. But where the revolt against British ...
Home Celebrity News Inside Rosie Van Cutsem and Lucia Ruck Keene's 'forever' Oxfordshire estate that inspired Princess Kate's favourite brand The sisters have a close royal connection ...
What's On Travel & Tourism Northumberland The 18th century Northumberland holiday cottage a five-minute walk from iconic castle Home to a castle made famous in Hollywood blockbusters and one of ...
The Met Gala and its exhibit, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," promises a sharp contrast to that notion, a deep dive into Black dandyism from the 18th century to today.
Outlander enthusiasts might be taken aback to discover why Captain 'Black Jack' Randall, portrayed by Tobias Menzies, faced immense embarrassment in the presence of King Louis XV, played by Lionel ...
LEXINGTON — Patriots’ Day weekend is truly one of the great New England rites of spring. A small army of Islanders marched off to Lexington and Concord to observe the re-enactments and the ...
Redcoat re-enactors play out the Battle of Lexington. GBH/NOVA Continental Army re-enactors returning fire. GBH/NOVA The Battle of Lexington, which took place on April 19, 1775.