Thomas Jefferson deleted key passages in the Declaration of Independence that historian Holly Brewer says reveal as much as ...

European powers brought enslaved Africans to the Americas because plantation economies demanded massive amounts of labor to ...

Spring produce is coming in, and smart shoppers will head to Farmers’ Markets in Leominster, at City Hall on Thursday, May 21 ...

“The Taste of Country Cooking,” now out in a 50th anniversary edition, focused heavily on seasonal cooking and featured an ...

During the American Revolution, Americans mostly ate what was available locally. Some of the Founding Fathers' favorite foods ...

South Carolina observes Confederate Memorial Day and it is even a state holiday. Here's why it is still around.

Growing shortages of diesel, jet fuel, and crude oil could force the world economy away from globalization and toward ...

South Jersey has a rich history that predates the founding of the United States, with early Dutch and Swedish colonies. Many ...

Kansas has benefited African Americans by giving them a place to flee from the South, outlawing the Ku Klux Klan and helping end school segregation.

Who’s in charge of the chickens at the Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park? According to the National ...

An assault on Cuba needs excuses for hating it.  But given that any exchanges between the US and Cuba has been blocked out of ...

America in 1790 wasn’t just a young nation — it was very much in its infancy. President George Washington had been ...