Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

Lafayette’s Ball evoques the festivities that honored Lafayette, the Revolutionary War hero who helped secure American ...

George T. Stagg shaped bourbon history. His name now defines bold, top-shelf whiskey and a legacy that echoes across Kentucky ...

An ancient cellar was found beneath a controversial American school, leading to an interesting discovery of its contents.

Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking “such good English,” despite Liberia’s sole official ...

Ironically, coal itself faced a similar pushback in the early 19th century, when it was the newfangled power source that promised to solve many of the country’s problems.

There is a field of dreams in Newbury, where America’s pastime is played in a past time. The Essex Baseball League is ...

Recent remarks by anti-immigration figures criticizing New York City's high foreign-born population are historically ...

Compared to their counterparts around the world, US trade unions have historically been reluctant to undertake broad ...

In 1996, a gathering of master distillers revisited traditional whiskey-making wisdom from generations past. Nearly three ...

Of the many Spanish-made firearms to emerge throughout the 19th and 20th century, one of the most recognizable is the Star ...