This article first appeared on the U.S. News Website on September 8th, 2017.

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) — Fort Ticonderoga has acquired three rare British muskets that were carried by redcoats at the northern New York ...

This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website on August 30th, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 30, 2017) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will award up to $1 million in emergency grants......

The Fort Montgomery State Historic Site will be commemorating the 240^th anniversary of the Oct. 6, 1777 Revolutionary Battle. In conjunction with this event, two historic lectures will be held on Sept. 28^th at 7 pm and Oct.5^th  at 7pm.

On October 7^th...

The 40th annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic will convene July 18 - 22, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The program committee invites proposals for sessions and papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history and culture of the early American...

This article appeared on the New-York Historical Society's From the Stacks blog on July 19, 2017.  
This post is by Elizabeth Vitek, Cataloger, American Historical Manuscript Collection.

The process of becoming a naturalized citizen in America is older than the United...

Join the Oneida County History Center this August for our first Historical Selfie Scavenger Hunt! Explore the history of Oneida County or Utica and document your journey with a photo or selfie.  All ages are encouraged to participate with prizes for children age 16 and under.  Clue sheets with...

The New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) today added to its on-line collections a rare colonial-era ledger documenting Queens deeds and wills dating between 1683 to 1713, and unveiled a new version of its website, New Amsterdam Stories, developed in...

Become an NHD pro with these online graduate courses for educators. 

Each course is designed to allow participants to work on independently-paced modules with pre-set deadlines. This allows completion at any pace, any time of day, from anywhere in the world. Courses are taught by...

This new section, edited by professional historians, aims to “peel back the curtain around what historians do” and offer new perspectives on the present by way of the past. If you’re interested in submitting a piece for consideration, email ...