Historical signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony no longer stand in Concord because officials say they harmed Indigenous people and didn’t reflect the town’s people today.

The decision to take down historical signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Concord is receiving some backlash from the community, with one resident saying the matter ...

The New England Quarterly, founded in 1928, is best described by its subtitle, A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters. Through major essays, memoranda and edited documents, ...

As one of the oldest states in the country, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop ...

Unidentified flying objects soared into American popular culture with the dawn of the jet age in the 1940s. UFOs, it turns out, have mystified Americans since the earliest days of colonial settlement.

Today marks the 389th birthday of the National Guard — the oldest military institution in America, founded in 1636 when the ...

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad said Friday it is acquiring the assets of Bay Colony Railroad. The acquisition gives Mass Coastal Railroad, a freight services operator in Southeastern Massachusetts and ...

On March 13, 1677, the imperial dreams of Massachusetts came to fruition. For on that day, our colony bought Maine for £1,250 sterling. This was maine-ly (sorry) a formality for we had long since ...

A Native American from Roanoke Island may have saved members of the Lost Colony and met the queen of England. An Outer Banks town is named after him. His name was Manteo. But what happened to him ...

A silver coin minted in colonial Boston in 1652 has sold for $351,912. The one shilling coin is one of just 40 of its kind known to survive today, the Associated Press (AP) reports. “I am not ...