A 1925 recreation of Brownscombe's earlier 1914 painting of the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) Every November, numerous articles recount the arrival of ...

'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” ...

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 ...

His Pulitzer-nominated book “Graven Images” inspired a reassessment of Puritan art, challenging the belief that imagery ...

How did the first settlers celebrate Christmas? They didn't. The Pilgrims who came to America in 1620 were strict Puritans, with firm views on religious holidays such as Christmas and Easter.

Many things influence human behavior, and I don’t claim to understand all of them. I have had the most experience with the early New England Puritans' influence on how Americans act and react to the ...

Suffering from poor health all his life, Richard Baxter preached, he said, “as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” Living daily in the shadow of eternity gave the Puritans a ...

Every November, 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 Colony and ...