When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
A surprise German U-boat visit to Newport Harbor during World War I started with pleasantries and ended with mayhem just south of...
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
In 1742 Tom Bell was probably the most well known product of Harvard College in America. The entire nation knew how he...
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...