In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and ...

Another ship verified is Mystery J, which features in the Ballymena song popularised by Harry Belafonte and others. The story of the legendary song Hoist Up the John B Sails is laudably chronicled by ...

When someone mentions pirates, images of peg legs, parrots, grand pirate ships, and buried treasure permeate our minds. Embellished stories of seafaring rogues offer a romanticized version of lives ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Sydney to an official welcome for the first leg of their Australia tour on Friday. Charles, who has suspended his cancer treatment while he carries out the ...

Last week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced ... Dr Daron Acemoglu, Dr Simon Johnson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with James A Robinson of the University ...

The Sydney Opera House’s iconic sails were illuminated with images of previous royal visits to welcome ... king’s representative in Australia, Governor-General Sam Mostyln.

When you step into the voting booth, you might think you're making a rational choice. But what if I told you that part of ...

The Inn at Little Washington, just over an hour away from D.C., is neutral ground for celebrities, foodies and politicians — ...

Among these waves of Puritan colonists perhaps the most important migration occurred in 1630, when John Winthrop led the so-called Winthrop Fleet, with 700 colonists travelling on eleven ships. This ...

The origin of the Corps can be traced to July 1726 when an organization called the "Company of Young Gentlemen Cadets" escorted the new royal governor of Massachusetts upon his arrival in Boston.

when the Crown managed to exert greater control over its subjects in Massachusetts. In 1686, the royal governor of the colony, Sir Edmund Andros, sponsored a Christmas Day service at the Boston ...