Forget O'Reilly's fears of liberals saying "Happy Holidays" to each other. There was a real war on Christmas in this country and it was waged by those lovely people who settled in New England, the Puritans. For the Puritans — in England and in the...
colonial america
Very interesting. And thus those nobler parts we see For such the parts of generation be: And they who carefully survey will find Each part is fitted for the use.
Remarkable: In the Appalachian foothills of western North Carolina, archaeologists have discovered remains of a 16th century fort deep in the interior of what is now the United States. The.
Edmund Morgan, the seminal historian of colonial America, has died at the age of 97. One of the five most important historians of the period in American history, Morgan's books helped shape the field in the second half of the twentieth century. Among his most...
The always useful site Executed Today details the execution of Thomas Granger, a Puritan executed on this day in 1642 for bestiality in Plymouth Colony. William Bradford's description of the.