According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools. While ...

Now one of “The World’s 100 Most Important Places,” according to Time Magazine, it’s open for tours and nightly stargazing.

Welcome to March 23, 1775, 250 years ago, this very day, this very moment, this very space. I'm going to let that sink in for ...

Patrick Henry reportedly lifted a dagger-like letter opener and plunged it under his arm as if into his chest before uttering ...

Did Patrick Henry just lead us into war? Or is that war already upon us? These are the questions we must now confront after ...

Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “hideous blot” and “a moral depravity,” but held hundreds of Africans captive at Monticello. He condemned the trade in African bodies in the first draft of the ...