Posterity has treated few characters in the Salem witch trial drama as poorly as Tituba, a woman enslaved in the household of...
In the summer of 1621, the Plymouth colonists finally had reason for optimism — until 16-year-old John Billington wandered off and got...
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
George Washington had a problem he believed no one had ever encountered before. On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army would disappear...
Stephen Moylan had a mostly distinguished career in the American Revolution. But it wasn’t his sword that kept him in the history...
On May 11, 1659, the Massachusetts Puritans banned Christmas and ordered anyone caught celebrating to pay a fine of five shillings. That...