Topic: Jamestown

Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism, skeleton reveals

Facing starvation, Jamestown colonists resorted to consuming the flesh of a deceased 14-year-old girl, reveals an analysis of remains found at America's first permanent English settlement. 

Air Force general, his wife die in small plane crash in Virginia

Major General Joseph D. Brown IV and his wife Susan D. Brown died Friday when the Cessna plane he was flying crashed near the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport in Virginia. 

Tim Tebow: Why an athlete, finally, made the cut as a 'Great Floridian'

Tim Tebow joins a distinguished group of 'Great Floridians,' including Thomas Edison and Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez, but, until now, no athletes. Could it be a calculated political move by an unpopular governor in an election year?

The Barbarous Years

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn's book on the early settling of America is authoritative as well as entertaining.

7 gifts for history and geography fans

Stumped as to what to buy for that nephew who can name every president or the uncle with maps all over the house? Here are some of the best of the season's new geography and history books, from a history of both Bush presidencies to the latest edition of the magnificent Oxford world atlas.

Obama on bus tour: GOP jobs plan is 'let's have dirtier air, dirtier water'

President Obama is hitting the road in North Carolina and Virginia to push his jobs plan and slam Republicans for opposing it. He would also very much like to win those states again next fall.

Opinion: The perennial vacation question: Why don't we just move here?

The world would still be flat if exploration were up to people like me. I'll be playing in Turkey Bowl No. 40 this year in my hometown of Cleveland. Yet the impetus to strike out is central to Americans' pursuit of happiness. Just remember: Wherever you go, there you are.

What's $16.5 million among adversaries? Enough to ground the FAA.

Republicans and Democrats are at it again. A dispute over air service subsidies for 13 rural communities has left the FAA without a funding extension. Thousands of workers are affected.

Opinion: The dangers of seeing America as a 'Christian nation'

Christian traditionalists see American freedom as derived from Christian faith. That flies in the face of the historical record – and it distorts today's political debates.

'America: The Story of Us' gives a vivid docudrama sheen to US history

The History channel’s 'America: The Story of Us' premiers its six-part series this Sunday.

Opinion: AIDS, sex, and crime: Why is Darren Chiacchia facing jail time?

Barbaric laws about AIDS mean Darren Chiacchia could spend up to 30 years in jail for exposing his partner to HIV without revealing his condition.

Becoming Americans

Selections from 85 immigrants tell what it means to become an American.

Efficiency can reduce water shortages

Urban agriculture – a hobby grows into a cause

Interest in growing local food isn't new but it's taking on a new dimension this time.

Storytelling in the digital age

Anniversaries with a long tail

The Monitor's language columnist looks at the quintessential quindecennial and other celebrations.

Obama gives the Queen of England an iPod

Rhode Island’s tropical visitors

The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown

The story of the naval disaster that changed American History.

In California, a segregation bastion falls

The state's prisons will begin full integration July, amid some worry about racial violence.

'A Voyage Long and Strange' away from myth

Tony Horwitz rewrites early American history

'A Voyage Long and Strange' away from myth

Tony Horwitz rewrites early American history