On Thursday, some celebrated Juneteenth’s fifth year as a federal holiday in the United States by joining a park ranger on a hike across historical land tied to enslaved people.

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on ...

Foreign military officers referred to the American military as “speckled,” owing to the diverse racial makeup of its troops.

Tubman's photo and quote were removed from the page in February. A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been restored to its original state months after it was changed ...

YORK — There’s a battle underway at Yorktown, but this time it doesn’t involve the Redcoats. Officials with Colonial National Historical Park announced earlier this month the completion of ...

Learn more about this period of history at Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. George Melendez Wright, one of the most influential people ever to work for the ...

In 2019, indie director Gordon Price sued after he was issued a citation for filming without a permit in public areas of the Yorktown Battlefield in Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia.

indie director Gordon Price sued the government after he was issued a citation for filming without a permit in public areas of the Yorktown Battlefield in Colonial National Historical Park in ...

On the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s Grand Tour of America in 1824 as “Guest of the Nation,” historian Mark Schneider, a Colonial Williamsburg Nation Builder, will appear as Major General ...

A National Park vacation, comparatively easy for Westerners, is somewhat of a luxury in the East—because the East has no National Parks. So the Secretary of War appointed a special committee to ...

In Hampton Roads, that includes Fort Monroe and the Colonial National Historic Park, which encompasses the Colonial Parkway, Yorktown Battlefield, and parts of Jamestown. “Jamestown not only ...