Explorer, author, and cartographer John Smith became the leader of the Jamestown settlement when he assumed the presidency of its governing council on Sept. 10, 1608. The charismatic and controversial ...

Settlers from Plymouth England shared an autumn feast with the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts 400 years ago — a tradition we’ve come to call Thanksgiving. School teachers tell it as a warm and fuzzy ...

Dreams of glory -- "To conquer is to live" -- Voyagers west -- The "first mover" of Jamestown -- A charge of mutiny -- Disease, dissension, and death -- The great American myth -- Conflicting agendas ...

Jamestown is in the news these days. The content of this novel, the first part of a trilogy officially titled "In the Land of Whispers," concerns the early days of that Virginia settlement established ...

WASHINGTON - Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by ...

In January 2024, Bret Stephens, writing in The New York Times, attempted to understand the issues that the United States was facing in this presidential election year. “As writers like Tablet’s Alana ...

WRITINGS BY CAPT. JOHN SMITH. A true relation -- The proceedings of the English colonie in Virginia -- A description of New England -- New Englands trials -- The generall historie of Virginia, ...