"It certainly seems as though it could stem back to 1624, which is 20 years before the great Battle of Nantwich," he said. He ...

Join us for the untold history of "War on Christmas" in the Plum Pudding Riots! This bizarre history made it to the states when Christmas was outright banned by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659.

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Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

For more than two years the fortunes of war had inclined ... books – Hyde’s The History of the Rebellion and his autobiography; Whitelocke’s diary, his Memorials and Annals. It is commonplace to ...

Downham Market's history stretches back over 2,000 years - and the Norfolk location still has many beautiful historical ...

A new 10-day festival will embrace Herefordshire's rich history this summer, organisers have said. The Herefordshire ...

A team of alumni, administrators and designers ensured that segregated Old Anderson, the pride of the East Side, would be ...

Gauz is the pen name of Ivorian-born Patrick Armand-Gbaka Brede. Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast, a small West African nation, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa author Marilynne Robinson reacted to the use of her name last week by a researcher and writer for ...

A gracious arrangement — participation trophies in Civil War battles — though it’s hard to imagine it’s kosher for history buffs ... gamut from German to English to Irish.