Barbecue is as American as apple pie — and a huge part of Kansas City's identity — but the origins of the word "barbecue" is ...

1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...

The word "barbecue" has its origins in the Caribbean where the Taínos, Indigenous people who inhabited the Caribbean islands ...

A rare opportunity is being offered to step aboard history as a full-scale replica of the 15th-century ship that carried Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic docks in Kent again. The Nao Santa ...

Maekiaphan Phillips, shown here with members of her family, is the kasike (Chief) of the Guainia Taino Tribe of the Virgin Islands. (Screenshot from a National Guard video) Sailing from Guadeloupe on ...

Christopher Columbus may have been the first European to land on Puerto Rico's shores, but touring San Juan will tell you there's a lot more to the story.

Genoese sailor-navigator Christopher Columbus too wanted to pioneer a new route to India. Instead of sailing around Africa, however, he suggested sailing westward in the Atlantic. After several delays ...

Columbus Day, celebrated in the United States on the second Monday of October, commemorates Christopher Columbus arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. While historically viewed as a symbol of ...

In 1891 — one year prior to the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage — 11 Italians in New Orleans were slaughtered in the largest mass lynching in U.S. history.

Pittsburgh officials are allowing a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus to remain mostly uncovered as a lawsuit over the monument’s future stretches into its fifth year. The ...

The viceroy decimated the Taino population on Hispanola - of the roughly 250,000 Tainos living on the island upon his arrival, only a few hundred remained within 60 years of his landing, HISTORY says.