By the mid-1800s, much of New England had been stripped of the forests that had once blanketed the region. Centuries of logging, expanding farms and growing settlements transformed vast woodlands into ...

Last month, we celebrated the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. As we continue to commemorate this historic ...

From a farming economy of just 2.5 million people in 1776, the United States has grown into the world's largest economy worth more than $30 trillion after 250 years of expansion and innovation.

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” Robert Frost wrote in the famous opening line of his 1914 poem “Mending Wall.” ...

A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the country ...

Beyond big names like Paul Revere and John Adams are thousands more New Englanders who fought for patriotism with little to ...

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Four counties have 52% of Florida's new leprosy cases. They're all located along I-4, home to the nine-banded armadillo. It's ...

Historians say Albany's first public Declaration reading came during violent political turmoil that split families, neighbors ...

Free trade is "a direct affront to our Founding Fathers," President Donald Trump said during his first presidential campaign.

The Supreme Court’s originalist jurisprudence could put the justices in the middle of a debate over the founders’ views on ...