Samuel Morse as a young man wanted nothing more than to be an artist, an aspiration upon which his Puritan parents frowned....
Robert Roberts moved comfortably among Boston’s Brahmin class, not as an equal but as an African-American servant. He was good at his...
In 1775 the American Revolution looked like the adventure of a lifetime to a boy of just 14. Joseph Plumb Martin stood...
Five of the Founding Fathers elected president visited every state in New England, though four of them came from Virginia. George Washington...
The first five U.S. presidents, the founding fathers, were all veteran travelers in New England. And in their travels, they left behind...