Dunlap prints were the first official printings of the Declaration of Independence and it is believed only around 200 copies ...

More than 1,000 Carnegie libraries across the U.S., including 17 in Maine, will receive the money to mark the country's 250th ...

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Jefferson wrote that Norfolk must be destroyed. Months later, Patriots burned much of the city themselves — and blamed the ...

The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.

What follows is a new column from Donovan Scribes, a writer, producer, former VP of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and the editor of the Mercury's print issue BlackOut: a 5 Year Retrospective of ...

Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and the tragedies of the nation’s ...

China and Finland mark 75 years of diplomatic ties with messages from Presidents Xi Jinping and Alexander Stubb, reflecting historical milestones and outlining future cooperation.

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Oct. 23 ...

A lawyer with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press, who's representing the co-editors of the Indiana Daily Student, ...