'Going To Church,' N.C. Wyeth (1941). Archival photograph, Brandywine River Museum library, Edward J. S. Seal Collection. When winter cold settles in across the U.S., the alleged “War on Christmas” ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Pilgrim is a Puritan but not all Puritans are Pilgrims. So what did Connecticut have? It had Puritans, and Puritans far outnumbered Pilgrims, said David A. Valone, chair of the history department at ...

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 ...

Jack and George Barnett don’t remember exactly when they first met Harley Weir, but they do remember what they liked about her work. “I think she has a way of making the familiar strange, and the ...

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 ...

(The Conversation) — 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 ...

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