Rhode Island continued to be the most rebellious of the 13 U.S. colonies in the 18th century, earning the nickname "Rogue ...

A few weeks ago a story of mine about the Stockbridge Indians appeared, and now we turn to the Brothertown Indians, who had a ...

He arrived in America with the Puritans in 1624 and helped co-found the settlement of Merrymount, which is now Quincy, ...

Anniversaries are a time to look back, to celebrate milestones and achievements; it is also a time to remember the misfortunes and hardships that some of the members of our society experienced leading ...

Us-versus-them thinking. High-control habits. An obsession with punishment. Some aspects of the MAGA movement are a lot older ...

New England Puritans were hard-pressed by Native American warriors who knew how to fight in forests—and now had flintlock rifles.

The black-clad, steeple-hatted Puritan, walking warily to church with Bible in hand and musket on shoulder, is an enduring image of New England’s formative colonial era. In “The Wars of the ...

These New Puritans have shared details of a new album ... “This song started with a field recording we made of a bell in a small Orthodox Greek church. You can hear it in the song, and the rest of the ...

While it’s not untrue that many Puritans came to ... and staying involved with the church, which many diaries from the time have proven. Although there were periods of time when women didn’t show ...

Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

An ordained Puritan minister, Chapin was my ninth great-grandfather — a colonial transplant ... the city’s Central Library and Christ Church Cathedral. I never gave it much notice — I ...