Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown — for a five-day immersion into history with Road Scholar. Each site brought surprises worth writing about in this column.

There is no denying that Captain John Smith led an extraordinary life. From humble beginnings on a farm to life as a soldier ...

Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 418th birthday on Wednesday. On May 14, 1607, three ships anchored in the deep waters of the James River and their passengers, 104 men and boys, plus crew members, ...

In May, they establish Jamestown, the first permanent English ... destroying settlers' homes and clothing. At Smith's request, his newly adopted Powhatan family helps the colonists survive the ...

On May 13, 1985, a Philadelphia police helicopter bombed the fortified house of a radical organization, MOVE, to end a 24-hour siege.

Shipwrights now have removed all the planking (like siding on a house) from the hull and ... that brought the first colonist to Jamestown in May 1607. The first version was built in 1956 at ...

One in five blood donors from endemic areas had evidence of Jamestown Canyon virus infection. The proportion of donors with neutralizing antibodies increased with older age. The baseline ...

The win gave Jamestown its eighth sectional title since 2010. In fact, either Niagara Falls or Jamestown has been crowned champion of WNY’s largest classification of boys basketball in 23 of the ...

First, the Jamestown expedition of 1607 was a profit-seeking operation ... But Jamestown had beaten them to it: in July of 1619, colonial governor Yeardley instituted a House of Burgesses, the first ...