Over the course of New England history many thousands of workers were killed on the job. Some, like Vermont quarry workers, died...
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...
The 19th-century hat factories of Danbury, Conn., made physical wrecks of thousands of workers. They turned them into mad hatters with symptoms...
Annie Jenness Miller came down from the mountains of New Hampshire with a message for the women of America: “Take off your...
New England wedding customs and superstitions in the 1700s mixed home-grown ideas and practices imported mainly from Britain. Some wedding customs, like ...
The people of Leominster, Mass., celebrated the 16th national Labor Day in 1903 with a parade down the center of town. (Leominster...