Thomas Hardy’s marriage to Emma Gifford went from romantic to estranged, and yet he was grief-stricken when she died.

Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries.

Like all legendary events, Paul Revere’s Ride and the Battles of Lexington and Concord have been encrusted with myth.

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

Paul Revere raced through the Massachusetts country side on horseback to warn patriot leaders that British soldiers were on ...

A soldier originally from Guam, Dante Gogo Taitano, is among four U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division troops based out of Fort Stewart in Georgia who were reported missing in Lithuania since March 25 ...

Lantern-hanging, a talk and readings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'Paul Revere's Ride' are scheduled as part of the ...

Vladimir Mayakovsky was a great poet of the October Revolution. Yet at the start of World War I, the young futurist had ...

“April is the cruellest month”, T.S. Eliot opens his epic poem "The Waste Land". Okay, so technically Eliot actually opens up his vast masterpiece with a Latin/Greek dedication to Ezra Pound ...

A soldier on the train gave them cigarettes ... The author knew many of his poems by heart. Elsie invited some friends for a party & persuaded the author--who feared the poet might suddenly ...

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

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