HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FOUNDED IN 1791, IS AMERICA’S FIRST HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OUR HOME ON BOYLSTON STREET IN BOSTON HOLDS MORE ...

The Fort Massachusetts Historical Society is undertaking the rebuilding of Fort Massachusetts, a key French and Indian War stronghold in western Massachusetts.

In just 16 months between February 1692 and May 1693, up to 200 people—mostly women—were accused of practicing witchcraft in colonial Salem, Massachusetts. Of those 200, there were 30 ...

In his memoirs, he wrote about the festivities that surrounded both Election Day and Muster Day. On both days, townspeople ...