WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Despite a growing and continuing emphasis on African-American history, Colonial Williamsburg has struggled to attract more black visitors to the historic village where interpreters ...

Colonial Williamsburg is more than costumed interpreters in tricorn hats making speeches about revolution or craftsmen demonstrating silversmithing and other trades. The restored 18th-century capital ...

WASHINGTON — While the George Washington University Colonials won its home basketball game against George Mason on Wednesday, many fans left the arena that night also being a part of a world record.

Tricorn hats are everywhere this time of year, but what is the significance of this iconic Lexington fashion accessory? That’s what Lexington High School sophomores Simon Rubenstein and Donny Fox set ...

The Grand Illumination and its introduction to the Colonial Williamsburg holiday season has developed over the years from a variety of old traditions — some English, some early American and some ...

Conservators work on a bell in the tower of the First Baptist Church, which was founded by slaves. Steve Helber - AP Cooke gives a writing lesson. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is launching a ...

Betsy Ross made the first American flag -- or did she? Young history buffs can find out at "Myth or Truth? Stories We've Heard About Early America," an exhibition at the DAR Museum at the headquarters ...

Ruffled mob caps and black tricorn hats were the fashion statement of the day when fifth-graders recently stepped back to Colonial times at Santa Rosa’s Schaefer Charter School. The annual Colonial ...

The heavy metal legend was in Williamsburg last week with his son, Jack, visiting the colonial area’s new musket range and touring Historic Jamestowne. While Colonial Williamsburg has been mum on the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Colonial Williamsburg is reintroducing itself to African-American visitors. The Virginia heritage site has struggled to attract Black tourists, despite a continuing emphasis ...