Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for ...

Settlers in Massachusetts needed cash, but England wouldn't send any. So, they created their own mint in Boston and began ...

Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, which one might think would make it a hands-down joyous occasion. Nope. Christmas ...

Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This ...

The 1652 Massachusetts threepence predates the American Revolution by over a century.

A rare 1652 Massachusetts threepence, one of the first coins minted in colonial America, has shattered auction records, sold ...

History records that John Winthrop, Puritan leader and governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, sermonized to his fellow New World migrants that their community was to be a “City on a Hill,” a shining ...

No one knows quite what to do with Thanksgiving since most of what we think of as “tradition” is bogus, former Historic ...

Remember to give special thanks to our local farmers who bring such delicious variety to our plates on Thanksgiving — and throughout the year!

The origins of Harvard Divinity School and of the study of theology at Harvard can be traced back to the very beginning of Harvard College, when an initial fund of 400 pounds from the General Court of ...

Every November, articles recount the arrival of 17th century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious ...

Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the celebration of the first Thanksgiving feast. In the popular mind, the two groups are synonymous. In the story of the ...