These go back to the very earliest colonial days.

This one may well have been painted in Mexico, when Austin was there in 1823 getting his first land grant confirmed. There would have been artists of that caliber working in Mexico. But it could have been painted in St. Louis or New Orleans before he came to Texas.

Jazz may well be considered America's most treasured and most influential export, ... From its earliest days until now it has continued to grow creatively -- yet the people who have given us this art form deserve far greater recognition.

My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

A colonial governor who ran out of countries.

Italy has no colonial past in Iran.