Louis Brandeis during Hanukkah in 1915 delivered a message to the Zionists of America that described the holiday as a celebration of...
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
You don't have to go to Miami or Hollywood for an Art Deco experience. New England has plenty of Art Deco office...
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 early men, women and children who settled...
In March of 1905, with spring weather coming, the operators of the Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Mass., decided to switch off...
The 2015 Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies tells the dramatic story of Bill Donovan, a lawyer specializing in insurance who was...
Shortly before the American Revolution broke out, an item appeared in a Boston newspaper identifying 18 patriots condemned to death. On Sept....
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA's deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
When Dover mill girls went on strike against the Cocheco Manufacturing Co., they said their bosses secretly ‘abused and insulted’ them by calling...