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The opening shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter outside Charleston, South Carolina, in 1861 when troops of the secessionist Confederacy bombarded Union defenders. When the centenary of the outbreak of this fratricidal conflict —...

It has been 800 years since England’s unpopular King John signed the first Magna Carta at the behest of a group of rebel barons. For 12-year-old Bermuda High School student Isabella Henderson, the occasion was a chance to reflect on one of the world’...

Next Monday marks a big anniversary for former Premier David Saul: 200 years since Waterloo, the epochal battle that ended the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte and ushered in a long peace for Europe. “It’s one of the most famous battles of the modern ...

The seas were very rough under a grey sky, with many of the men fighting seasickness on ships being tossed about in an angry ocean as they headed for one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War. It was June 6, 1944, and under the command...

The Bermuda National Trust is calling for young volunteers to pitch in at an archaeological dig into centuries-old settlements on Smith’s Island. The area is steeped in history, from the 1610 settlers Christopher Carter, Edward Waters and Edward Char...

A team of archaeologists will return to Smith’s Island next week as they continue to explore one of the oldest homes that has been studied in Bermuda. Dr Michael Jarvis, from the University of Rochester, and his crew of professors, graduates, undergr...

Ware Washam only found the letters her mother sent from Bermuda after she’d died. Lydia Holliday Botsford had stored them carefully in her closet — and left them there for 66 years without a mention of their existence to her children. They were 75 th...

You might not have heard of a friendly society, but if you’ve ever celebrated Cup Match you’ve experienced their work. Cup Match began as a cricket game between friendly societies to celebrate emancipation in 1834. Retired Bermuda College science lec...

A relic from one of Bermuda’s best-known shipwrecks graces one of the Island’s most historic residences — but for some, the ship’s bell from the Pollockshields deserves a better home. Devondale in Devonshire is a recent acquisition of the Bermuda Nat...

The Bermuda branch of the English Speaking Union wants local students, ages 11 to 18 to enter the ESU’s international “My Magna Carta” essay competition. The organisation said: “The ‘My Magna Carta’ is an international creative essay competition in c...

Irreplaceable relics of Bermuda’s heritage have been left “dumped” at the mercy of the elements, according to an anonymous complainant who contacted The Royal Gazette. However, their custodian said the old carriages, formerly housed in a museum, were...

A few years ago, Melodye Micere Van Putten would never have imagined having a film made about her life. Her Ashay Rites of Passage curriculum had been cancelled — just five years after she began empowering Dellwood students with black history. She wa...