On the wintry night of March 5, 1770, a tall, angry sailor named Crispus Attucks led a resentful mob of civilians in a fight...
During the War of 1812, more than a thousand African-American prisoners in Dartmoor Prison toed the line set by a tall, powerful...
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
In 1831, Prudence Crandall bought a large empty house in Canterbury, Conn., setting off a national controversy. She had the effrontery to educate...
In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton took a long trip to New England for his health. Given the rigors of travel in those...
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...