John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of Massachusetts and president of the Second ...

The property, which was named after John's younger brother Ebenezer, was built in the mid-1760s, before the American ...

The house, known as the Ebenezer Hancock House, is located at 10 Marshall St. It was built back in 1767 by Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first governor of Massachusetts.

A highly pedigreed property in central Boston is for sale for the first time in 50 years — bringing with it considerable ...

GBH in Boston announced Tuesday that it will lay off 13 employees who work on the history documentary series American ...

Conceived as a broad public service, the postal service was key to US independence, Western expansion and ensuring an ...

A life-size statue of American and Polish war hero Casimir Pulaski now stands in the city of Passaic to mark a milestone for ...

A wealthy merchant with a penchant for luxury, the Founder with a famous signature contributed more to the revolution than ...

The Amistad Research Center, located on Tulane University’s campus but unaffiliated with the school, was founded in 1966 to ...

The General Services Administration notifies Harvard it is conducting an official review “of all Federal contracts and grants,” with “greater than $8.7 billion of ...

Wikimedia Commons/John Trumbull The 1776 Declaration of Independence Signing Most people think the Declaration of ...