You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another ...
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...
On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town ...
On Jan. 24, 1776, Henry Knox, a bold, portly bookseller and former Bostonian, solved the first problem. Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, he and his men dragged the garrison’s ...
A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Founding Father advocated for American independence in an oration commemorating the ...
The first low-cost home computer was launched by Sinclair Research on 1981. This innovation made way for computers to not ...
The fateful die was cast when Paul Revere arrived on horseback to the small farming community of Lexington to warn leaders ...
The exquisite coffee pot was made about 250 years ago, crafted out of 40 ounces of silver, formed and engraved by the finest ...
On my recent visit to my daughter in Rhode Island, Julie wanted to know what activity might interest me on my birthday, it ...