P.T. Barnum’s cousin wanted to go down in history as a statesman and an industrialist, but he could never escape his nickname:...
New Hampshire’s Constitution, adopted in 1784, had some of the toughest restrictions on religious freedom in the new United States. It stated...
New Haven’s Philo Bennett probably thought he was doing William Jennings Bryan a good turn when he left him $50,000 in his...
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch. Town officials hauled her into court to face charges...