Melissa Berry writes about a colonial printer with a strong link to Benjamin Franklin, Edmund March Blunt, who lost his temper and caused a scandal... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a glory from America’s past: the fabled Route 66, with photos she took along the way... (Read More)
In this article, to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, Jane Hampton Cook tells the story of America’s national hymn: “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.”.. (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, first U.S. citizen canonized by the Roman Catholic Church... (Read More)
In this article – on the anniversary of the sinking of the “Titanic” – Gena Philibert-Ortega wonders how the disaster impacted her ancestors... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry details how it took a deal with the real Mafia to get the gangster film “The Godfather” made... (Read More)
Melissa Berry writes more about the Salem witch trials of 1692, focusing again on two famous pieces of furniture: the Osborn chest and the Trask chest... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about the Salem witch trials of 1692, focusing on two pieces of furniture: the Osborn chest and the Trask chest... (Read More)
In this article Gena Philibert-Ortega describes the Boston Molasses Disaster that occurred on this date in 1919, resulting in almost 200 casualties... (Read More)
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