How did the paintings of John Singer Sargent ever fall out of favor? He created stunning watercolor landscapes and oil portraits that...
When Evalyn and Ned McLean got married in 1908, they seemed to have it all. A golden couple, they had wealth, connections...
In 1895, hundreds of ministers and church leaders came to New Haven for a conference of the Christian Worker’s Association. Little did...
In July of 1909, 750 African-American men known as Buffalo soldiers arrived at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vt., near the small...
Too bad John Colt didn’t use one of his brother Sam’s revolvers to kill Samuel Adams in 1841. If he had, Samuel...
He rose from slavery in the South to international prominence as a writer, orator and anti-slavery activist. Frederick Douglass didn’t spend a...