The sensational murder of Jane Macrae in July 1777 made her one of the best known women of the 19th century. She...
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
Benjamin Pierce, a war hero and father of future president Franklin Pierce, threw a Christmas dinner for 21 Revolutionary War veterans in 1824....
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
Revolutionary War Gen. John Stark displayed his fighting spirit well before his heroics at the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Battle...
The beloved poem House by the Side of the Road by Sam Walter Foss is now pretty much forgotten but it was...