The Seventh of March Speech was one of the most famous orations delivered by Daniel Webster, an orator who had no equal....
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
Franklin Pierce was elected as the 14th and possibly worst president of the United States on Nov. 2, 1852. During his presidency...
John Godfrey Saxe first set out to become a successful lawyer. Then he turned his attention to politics. But he found true...
The farm auction was a sad but common sight across the United States from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Though New England...
Calvin Coolidge, vice president of the United States, was vacationing with his wife at his family’s homestead in Plymouth Notch, Vt., on...