Major events for the week of Sunday, Aug. 3, through Saturday, Aug. 9, include Columbus’ voyage, Jesse Owens’s Olympic ...

On 1974, Watergate figure John Ehrlichman was sentenced to prison for his role in the break-in at the office of Daniel ...

It turns out that some of the historical facts you've held onto might be myths. Even today, U.S. classrooms sometimes ...

Pineapples in Newport, Rhode Island, symbolize welcome and hospitality, a tradition dating back to returning sea captains. Sailors valued pineapples for their vitamin C content, which helped prevent ...

The Voyage of the Vizcaina, set to be published on the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's death, combines investigative journalism, archaeology, and historical re-creation to give us the ...

The European colonization of the Americas was one of the most transformative eras in history, reshaping continents, cultures, ...

Once known as the Kingdom of Aragon, this region in the foothills of the Pyrenees has managed to evade mass tourism despite ...

Once known as the Kingdom of Aragon, this region in the foothills of the Pyrenees has managed to evade mass tourism despite ...

The Providence Journal's top stories for the week of July 13th include a Cranston pool closure, a stonemason's wall in ...

George Banez “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”  Says Juliet to lover ...