In the aftermath of the American Revolution, trade was a wild and woolly matter. The British harassed and seized American ships and...
For centuries, New England’s borders were anything but stable, and New Englanders didn’t agree on what they were. Maine was once part...
More than 250 years ago, Robert Rogers wrote 28 rangers rules for guerilla warfare that are still being used by the U.S....
Early American history is inextricably linked with maritime history, and there’s no better way to get a feel for it than to...
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
Revolutionary War battlefields abound in New England, where, after all, the whole thing began. The patriots fought the British in every colony...