Historic Annapolis hosted its annual Colonial Yuletide event Saturday at William Paca House and Gardens and the Hogshead Tavern. Costumed interpreters explained 18th century holiday traditions to ...

Archaeologists working on the site of a colonial fort in Maryland found a concave, near-rectangular metal scrap that they say was once a part of a colonial armor set. The metal piece was an iron ...

Beneath the tranquil woods near the Chesapeake Bay lies a historical find illuminating early colonial Marylanders’ lives. A 17th-century site, revealed during an excavation near Calvert County bay ...

There’s little historians know about Maryland’s early colonial past. So, when archaeologists in St. Mary’s City uncovered a nearly 400-year-old piece of battle gear last month, researchers celebrated.

The metal slab is called a tasset, a piece of armor worn over the upper thigh. Historic St. Mary’s City Researchers have discovered a 300-year-old piece of armor belonging to European colonists in ...