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In the 1620s, Plymouth Plantation had its own #MeToo moment
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaids, who invariably lived with their employers, were especially vulnerable. Brownie Harris/Corbis...
Find Out How Much You Really Know With These *150* U.S. History Trivia Questions
Parade via Yahoo News· 7 months agoU.S. history is absolutely fascinating—the good, bad and ugly, every minute of our history has...
York in American History: The fate of Thomas Venner
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNote: Thomas Venner migrated to Salem, Massachusetts, from England in 1637, residing for 22 years in New England, which included his residence and...
The South Shore As It Was: These resorts attracted the rich and famous from near and far
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe South Shore of Massachusetts Bay was once a favorite resort destination during the second half...
The Oldest Building in Each State
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoJeffGoulden/iStockphoto The United States is a relatively young country, but it still has plenty of history to explore. And one of the best ways to trace...
New Bedford awarded $72.7 million in federal infrastructure funds for harbor cleanup
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW BEDFORD — It’s the light at the end of a dark sediment-filled tunnel with bald eagles soaring...
Co-owner of pharmacy behind meningitis outbreak that killed and sickened Tennesseans sentenced
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBOSTON (AP) — A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at the center of a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that resulted in more than 100 patient deaths, including some ...
Which Native American tribes live or once lived in present-day Rhode Island?
The Newport Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThanksgiving is one of the few times of the year when many modern-day Americans think back to the...
Curious SouthCoast: How the French Canadian sharpshooter's club is linked to the Orpheum
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Club of French Sharpshooters, or Le Club des Francs-Tireurs, was one of the oldest French...
Native Americans in Massachusetts urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ Pilgrim museum
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular...