The text on this plaque is below Bunkers Hill "Bunkers Hill was named after Captain Eber Bunker, father of Australian whali...

This tombstone is located at the Old Burial Ground at Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts.  Manchester Vital Records: (vol. 1, pg 11) B...

The Platts gravestones are located in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Derry, New Hampshire.  The stone erected to James Platts is typical of seve...

1. Nutfield, later called Londonderry, was the second largest town in New Hampshire in early colonial times. Derry, Windham and a porti...

Last week, at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, we stumbled upon an exhibit that took my breath away. The exhibit is called “W...

The Lamb, Sterling, Massachusetts Town Common Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale shares my birthday. She was born on 24 October 1788 in Newpor...

The statue of General John Stark in Manchester, New Hampshire You know he said “Live Free or Die” but what else do you know about Joh...

A few years ago Philadelphia began a campaign to stop tour guides from telling myths and to start studying history before beginning their jo...

In New Hampshire we have a Lafayette Social Club in Manchester, started by the French Canadians, and a Lafayette Road along the seacoast, o...

Joshua Burnham of Milford, New Hampshire Last week I blogged about Colonel Joshua Burnham, and the fine mansion house he built in Milford...