The story of the Rev. Joseph Moody, who preached with a handkerchief over his face, was too good for Nathaniel Hawthorne to...
The Portland Rum Riot erupted on June 2, 1855, when the city’s Irish working-class residents found out something about their teetotaling, saloon-raiding...
Freelan O. Stanley and his wife Flora climbed Mt. Washington in a Stanley Steamer on Aug. 31, 1899, in one of the...
For Massachusetts Lt. Gov. William Dummer, making peace with the Wabanaki Confederacy in 1727 required diplomacy, capable militia officers and letter-writing, letter-writing, letter-writing....
Silent Spring author Rachel Carson knew little about Maine when she saved up a month of vacation from her government job and...
New England observed Memorial Day during World War II with special solemnity. For many, the memory of fallen heroes was fresh, raw...