In American history, rule by force and fiat often backfires. The president may have forgotten this. The rest of us can’t afford to.

BOSTON, Friday, June 1, 1860. Faneuil Hall is again politically ... ELLIOTT, the only member of Congress in the Massachusetts delegation who voted for the Fugitive Slave law.

While the weather continues to warm up as June begins, many Massachusetts residents will ... the main beach at Walden Pond in Concord will be closed for the season as the site undergoes construction.

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For many travelers, stepping into a Revolutionary War town is enough to tick the history box and move on. But Concord, Massachusetts, deserves more than a brief visit because it and Lexington, ...

which also is how Concord, Massachusetts, outside Boston — and indirectly, Concord, Michigan — were involved in the celebrations. Concord, Massachusetts, history teacher Rob Morrison visited ...