Collective property ownership failed twice in the early 17th century in a fledgling America because of basic human nature.

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The United States did not invent the concept of bombing civilians – that tradition originated with the Luftwaffe of Herman ...

Two centuries ago, gentlemen routinely carried swords or pistols to protect themselves, their families and their property. On ...

Westward expansion was neither as peaceful nor angelic as John Gast’s 1872 painting ‘American Progress’ made it out to be. (George A. Crofutt/US Library of Congress) The 19th-century wars to ‘close ...

Los Angeles today stands on what was once part of Spain’s vast empire in the Americas. Yet the rich artistic heritage of colonial Latin America was, says Ilona Katzew, the head of the Latin American ...

Early American currency wasn’t always American. Up until 1857, foreign coins were accepted as legal tender because there weren’t enough domestic coins to go around. Another result of the shortage: To ...

What’s a party without a little romance? Even the Colonists needed love, and their methods might just work for you at your flossy party this Fourth of July. The earliest colonists—the Puritans who ...

Franklin-Simpson Middle School students took a step back in time during their annual Colonial Fair. Roughly 60 eighth-grade ...

Two recent incidents that each interrupted gasoline flows from Gulf Coast refineries to the Southeast and East Coast provide stark reminders of the importance––and the vulnerability––of the nation’s ...

“Power dressing” may not have been a catchphrase in colonial Latin America, but it was undoubtedly a familiar concept. For the elite, a command of fashion signaled status, wealth and worldly ...