In March of 1905, with spring weather coming, the operators of the Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Mass., decided to switch off...
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union allied in the fight against Germany during World War II. Norman Rees, an...
Lillian Gilbreth hated the best-selling book written about her in 1948 because it depicted her as a sweet, stay-at-home mom who deferred...
At about 9:30 in the morning on October 15, 1891, Marcellus Gould, a superintendent at the Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, N.H., went...
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...