After 83 years, the Revolutionary War veteran born in the mid-18th Century died on June 5, 1823. His headstone is a carved sandstone slab nested under the shade of a nearby tree, marking ...

IN ROME, all roads seem to lead to the Trevi Fountain. On my last visit, every other time I asked Google Maps to figure out a ...

As celebrations began on the East Coast for the first Fourth of July, a distant Colorado was untouched by British colonials. What did Colorado look like?

The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain 249 years ago – on July 4, 1776. Independence Day gatherings were a little ...

The National Museum of Ireland at Turlough Park, Castlebar, has just launched a full programme of free summer activities for ...

Canaletto's Venice masterpiece sets new auction record with €37.8m sale at Christie's London The 18th-century masterpiece ...