Samuel Smedley captured a dozen British vessels during the American Revolution, but the biggest obstacle to greater glory was the stinginess of...
Before the Civil War, Benjamin Roberts lost, and then won, his fight to integrate Boston’s schools. And then after he died, he...
Israel Potter, a Revolutionary War POW, spent 50 years in exile in England, where he met King George III, Benjamin Franklin and...
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
The worst thing about the many hoaxes played upon New Englanders throughout history? How many people fell for them. Though many hoaxes...