Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
In December 1771, New Hampshire’s Executive Council and General Court decided they’d had enough of Christmas merry-making. They, along with Governor John...
Today people will undoubtedly celebrate Thanksgiving in some fashion across America. But for President John Adams, Thanksgiving was very much an optional...
Early New Englanders, influenced by the Puritans, celebrated only reluctantly for most holidays. Religious festivals, they felt, were un-Christian and pagan. Yet...
The Fourth of July from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannonfire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...