This month, the National Guard will celebrate its 388th birthday. It was on Dec. 13, 1636, that marked the beginning of an ...

Pilgrims arose from the English Puritan movement that originated in the 1570s. Puritans wanted the English Protestant ...

Uncover the Puritans' strict disapproval of Christmas festivities, leading to an official ban in Massachusetts in 1659.

American Jews have celebrated Thanksgiving, acknowledging the gift of freedom of religion and a secure and safe home.

Massachusetts threepence, one of the first coins minted in colonial America, has shattered auction records, sold by Stack’s ...

Every November, articles recount the arrival of 17th century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious ...

Among those who participated in this inaugural national Thanksgiving were the Jewish citizens of New York, numbering around ...

The Boston Mint was officially created on May 27, 1652 to help ensure that businesses in the already commercially successful Massachusetts Bay Colony had an adequate supply of money. At the time ...

In 1652, New England settlers opened their own mint against the rules established by the British royalty that governed them.

In the American colonies, governing structures varied widely. Some, like Massachusetts Bay Colony, embraced self-government through town meetings, while others were directly ruled by the British ...

Another colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a group of English Puritans, later arrived and eventually absorbed Plymouth to form one royal colony.