The program was part of Smyth County’s Juneteenth commemorations and its recognition of the community’s role in the Revolutionary War. Though he lives near Washington state, the 77-year-old Scrapper ...

Fly my flag or you'll be hanged, drawn and quartered', King George III did not tell the American colonists some 250 years ago ...

Historians have put together an app that guides users to significant sites around the city, just in time for the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding.

The aftermath of the 12-day war with Iran looks mixed more than two weeks later. Iran’s nuclear program was badly damaged and ...

A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises. The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the ...

At the center of this perfect storm of disease, war, politics, and sports are Karl Muck, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s German-speaking immigrant conductor; Harvard-educated lawyer Charles ...

The infamous witch trials may have put this Boston suburb on the map, but they’ve also overshadowed much of its magic. Here’s ...

Kurt Russell visits Massachusetts site of ancestor’s Revolutionary War death Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald Jul 7, 2025 Buy Now ...

Russell’s visit to his ancestor’s home coincided not only with the Fourth of July, but with Boston’s yearlong events marking the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

The recent genealogical discovery led Kurt, along with his son Boston Russell, to the Jason Russell House in Arlington on Independence Day.

Actor Kurt Russell and his son Boston Russell visited the Jason Russell House in Arlington, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 4. The home, which belonged to the Russells' ancestor, was the site of a ...