(Witch panics killed thousands throughout history.) Like other cities within English-held Massachusetts Bay Colony, Salem was peopled by Puritan settlers. Their daily lives played out alongside the ...

Few people in American history had less time ... Winthrop Square is a landmark in downtown Boston. The Puritan leader is the namesake of schools, squares, communities and memorials around ...

Each week we pause to ponder the truths available to us from the pages of history. We browse through the annals of the ...

Frank Morgan's wizard may get titular billing, but it is Margaret Hamilton's vengeance-seeking Wicked Witch of the West (and ...

But did you know the state's oldest college is older than the country itself? Yale University, Connecticut's Ivy League ...

The New English Canaan” by Thomas Morton, published in 1637, was the first banned book in the history of the United States.

Greg Barnhisel, author of " Code Name Puritan" and a professor at Duquesne University, joined us to share the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. As a Yale professor and editor, Pearson helped ...

Thanksgiving is often linked to the 1612 harvest feast held by the Puritans in Plymouth, Massachusetts, but many criticize ...

As the nation's AIDS walk marks its 40th year in Los Angeles, organizers say medical advances have taken lowered visibility ...

Although the ministers were not allowed to be town officials, only landholding Puritan men were allowed to vote in town affairs. The church building was called the meetinghouse, signifying a purpose ...

Along with casting Mary Holland as the Puritan ghost Patience and Dean Norris as Sam’s dad, Jay’s parents have also been ...

Victoria College students enrolled in Dr. Karen Hagan’s United States History I (HIST 1301) course are experiencing a unique ...