The story of Black History Month begins in 1915. At this time, scholar Carter G. Woodson founded what today is called the ...

Today, history buffs can attend lecture series hosted by the Bourne Historical Society, and walk through a model museum of the Aptucxet Trading Post and surrounding grounds for a small fee.

The name "Gulf of Mexico" (Spanish: golfo de México; French: golphe du Mexique, later golfe du Mexique) first appeared on a world map in 1550 and a historical account in 1552.

The Summit Historical Society has launched a project to digitize the historic maps in its collection. Summit Historical ...

He was born in Fitchburg, MA in 1963 to Thomas & Rosanne Quatrale. John grew up in Shirley, MA and attended Lura A. White Elementary School. He played Little League Baseball, was a Cub Scout and ...

Leo Kelly is an 11-year-old beverage critic, and he already has the power to change restaurant menus. Known online as the “Shirley Temple King,” Leo Kelly, 11, has built a sizable audience ...

Recall the Shirley slipper baths, a lifeline in a time when few homes had their own bathing facilities. Next door, a curious monkey puzzle tree stood guard outside the old police station.

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

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Getty Images Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists ...

The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.