The Wiscasset Incident occurred on December 2, 1749. That day gun shots rang out in the woods of Wiscasset, Maine. Sailors from...
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
In 1919, the Federation of Canadian Catholic Churches in America decided to tackle the need for better schools. Catholic parish schools adequately...
Samuel Parsons, to all outward appearances, served as a loyal general on the American side in the Revolutionary War – until the...
The Bunker Hill Monument that overlooks Charlestown, Mass. was only built because Judah Touro, a somewhat reclusive New Orleans merchant, stepped in...
The worst train wreck in New Hampshire history started in the predawn hours of September 15, 1907. The Quebec Express gently pulled...