John Quincy Adams was inaugurated March 4, 1825 as America’s sixth president. He was principled, intelligent and eloquent, though his principles occasionally...
Candlemas was always about two thing before it was about the groundhog: candles and the weather. For many Catholics, Candlemas was also...
New England’s early colonists paid a great deal of attention to death and funerals. Many people attended colonial funerals, and would think...
In the summer of 1934, three very different lives converged in North Brookfield, Mass.: song-and-dance man George M. Cohan; Philadelphia Athletics manager...
New England observed Memorial Day during World War II with special solemnity. For many, the memory of fallen heroes was fresh, raw...
Just how rowdy was a New England colonial Christmas? It depended on who was celebrating. But it bore little resemblance to Christmas...