Robert Russa Moton, a nationally recognized leader in Black education and civil rights advocacy, transformed his Gloucester home, Holly Knoll, into a gathering place for ideas and strategies that ...

Gloucester County has been officially added as one of the newest destinations on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, a prestigious national network recognizing the ...

A festival to celebrate a city's history is set to return with parades, entertainment and live music. Gloucester Day is an annual event commemorating the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643 - ...

Six new sites in Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana and Virginia — including Gloucester County — were recently announced by the national trail as part of Black History Month.

As we wrap up Thanksgiving, we are looking ahead to another historic event as the nation gets set to mark its 250th anniversary. The city of Gloucester is set to host a massive reenactment in just ...

EVEN AS IT EVOLVES. HERE’S ERIKA IN GLOUCESTER. ART DOESN’T JUST LIVE IN GALLERIES. IT ROLLS IN WITH THE WAVES, DRIES ON THE ROCKY SHORES, AND WAITS TO BE PICKED UP BY SOMEONE WHO SEES THE BEAUTY IN ...

A year ago, this pitcher, one of pieces of silver confiscated from the Gloucester home of Epes Sargent was returned by an anonymous donor to the Sargent House Museum. It was seized in 1782 when ...

As Gloucester marks its 400th anniversary this year, a collaborative initiative is helping ensure the commemoration does not overlook the Indigenous people who populated the region long before English ...

GLOUCESTER AT A HOUSE WITH ITS OWN FOLKLORE. THE STORY WE HAD HEARD WAS THAT ROBIN FREEMAN, WHO’S THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY HERE IN THE 1700S, WAS A FREED SLAVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. THE HOUSE. AT ...