Joseph Warren, say some today, would have been the first president of the United States had he not been killed at the Battle...
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
John Adams’ daughter in 1785 dumped the charming rake Royall Tyler to marry a dashing military hero. She may well have regretted...
The Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbor. That a huge force...
Charles Francis Adams was born with an advantage that allowed him to become one of the finest historians of his age: He...
Beginning in 1765, John Adams made annual trips to Maine to argue cases before the courts at York, Falmouth (now Portland) and...