All posts tagged "Anglicans"
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6.9K2ConnecticutSamuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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6.4K1MassachusettsThe Mysterious Rev. Josiah Baxter Murdered in Boston in 1673
In 1673 word reached England that the Rev. Josiah Baxter had been ruthlessly murdered in Boston. Baxter was an Anglican minister who...
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7.6K4MainePuritans Name, Shame and Take Over Anglican Maine
In 1652, Massachusetts Puritans decided to bring the English Civil War to North America by taking over Anglican Maine. The year before,...
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44.0K5MassachusettsPuritan Easter, or The Devil’s Holiday
John Winthrop famously wrote in this journal that the Arbella departed for the New World on Easter Monday – March 29, 1630....
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8.6K7MassachusettsIn 1685 Massachusetts Legalized Christmas to Samuel Sewall’s Dismay
In 1685, a tolerant wind blew briefly through England when James II ascended to the throne. He ordered greater freedom for Roman...
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25.0K17Arts and LeisureBefore Groundhog Day, It Was Candlemas
Candlemas was always about two thing before it was about the groundhog: candles and the weather. For many Catholics, Candlemas was also...
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6.8K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
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5.0K12Arts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Ralph Adams Cram, High Priest of Gothic Revival Architecture
Ralph Adams Cram was a renaissance man who believed the Renaissance was an unfortunate detour for western culture. Cram designed great buildings...
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11.2K8MassachusettsPlymouth Colony Drafts the First Laws in North America
Democracy formally took root in North America on Oct. 4, 1636, when Plymouth Colony drew up the first legal code on the...
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6.3K2MassachusettsWhat They Said About Easter in New England
Easter Sunday traditions in New England have long included dying eggs, wearing new clothes, baking hot cross buns and attending sunrise services....
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