Fine Linens, Silver, Blown Glass, Ceramics, Candles, Furniture and Textiles Many of the things that fill our houses today also filled the homes of colonial Rhode Islanders, except in their case, they ...
New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock firearms.
Modern farmhouses often incorporate a standing seam metal roof, board-and-batten or clapboard siding, and open floor plans ...
It has not been easy for the city’s bookstores recently. But there are still shops piled high with new, rare and secondhand ...
St. Patrick’s Day offers an annual reminder that, in terms of ancestry, no US state is quite as Irish as New Hampshire — not ...
Land and property ownership have colored American politics since the very beginning of our democracy in New England in the ...
“The appeal of Russia’s ‘anti-colonial’ narrative lies in its usefulness to societies and ruling elites across Eurasia and ...
The ship that was unearthed from the rocky bottom of the river, it turned out, was the remnants of the “Elizabeth and Mary,” one of a small flotilla of some 30 boats that carried soldiers from New ...
Memorable immersive history series. 1900 House Frontier House Colonial House. The premise of this first reality-TV program is brilliant. Take an ordinary middle class family of th ...
Then and now, the definition of patriotism summons complicated feelings that speak to politics, partisanship, and how love of ...
“The Powder Magazine Museum will begin a new chapter in its 123-year history ... tour of the 1,000-square-foot museum packed with Colonial-era exhibits. The Mansfields were among the last ...