THANKSGIVING MAY be the one day a year when the Puritans, those early American settlers who came to the new world seeking "purity" in worship, actually get a break. We get a terrific feast, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Going To Church,' N.C. Wyeth (1941). Archival photograph, Brandywine River Museum library, Edward J. S. Seal Collection. When ...

Editor’s note: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century ...

The solemn hour approaches. It will soon be just three hundred years since the Pilgrims let go their anchor off the coast of Cape Cod. A flood of oratory will surely descend upon us. The New England ...

These New Puritans have announced their new album ‘Crooked Wing’ and shared its lead single ‘Industrial Love Song’, featuring Caroline Polachek. It will be the Southend band’s first studio record in ...

Jack and George Barnett are proof positive that progress is a slow process – the Southend twins’ fifth record, ‘Crooked Wing’, is only their second since 2013. Their glacial rate of return becomes ...

Americans can learn a lot about themselves and their society by revisiting—but not by reverting to—their republic’s distinctive Puritan origins, which anticipated its present dilemmas and strengths ...

Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of 17th-century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious freedom. Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay ...

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