History

When Erin Moulton learned what really happened to her great-aunt, she couldn't ignore the echoes of today's fights over reproductive rights.

The "Abolition Acre" self-guided walking tour was recently established by the nonprofit Beacon Hill Scholars to raise awareness about the city's anti-slavery movement.

Court documents from the trial of one of New Hampshire’s alleged historical witches is on public display for American Archives Month.

Historian Carl R. Byron recalls the highs and lows of the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. When it was complete, it was the longest tunnel in North America.

For nearly two decades, Charlie Farrell has been on a singular quest: to find, photograph, and inventory every school in Vermont that ever was — at least, if a record exists of it.

Matinicus is a remote island in the outer reaches of Penobscot Bay and lies 20 miles off the coast. But that didn't deter a professional theater company from staging a production there this summer. The history on which the play is based is well-known to many of the islanders. In fact, it's a story about one of their own.

Herb Belkin, who lived in Camden when he died in 2001, is remembered for his influential work at Capitol, Atlantic and ABC Records in the 1970s. He's also considered a pioneer in the remastering of vinyl records by Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd and The Beatles that appeal to audiophiles.

Several tour groups say they are expanding efforts to spotlight Black, queer and other communities traditionally overlooked in historical accounts.

One of the best known battles of the American Revolution may have been in Lexington, Mass. But a historic house about 100 miles west, in the town of Hadley, Mass., is among the many locations where people lived and labored — and played lesser known roles leading up to 1776.

The museum will focus on educating visitors and the community about the Holocaust.