Barney Hill’s UFO Television Tour
A handsome, erudite, Black man with little to gain and a lot to lose
American Thugs vs. Our Better Angels in the Revolution
A 2021 insurrection reminds us that violence can go either way
Almost Famous (not) in a Sixties Cover Band
In the turbulent Sixties, a band was the safest place to be.
Actor Scott Weintraub Returns after 37 Years in LA
You can come home again, but only for three performances
The Day Abbie Hoffman Smoked My Life
CAMPUS CHAOS May 5, 1970 When you stand too close to history, sometimes all you see is smoke. That’s how it was for many University of New Hampshire students the day after the Kent State shootings when American colleges were set to explode. In the middle of the chaos, three members of the …
1900 Fannie Sprague Murder Still Unsolved
Did Edwin Knight get away with murder?
1774: The Revolution Has Already Begun in NH
Thugs, taxes, tar, and tea mark the year before the official American Revolution began
This Day in Portsmouth History
“An Historical Calendar of Portsmouth.” published in 1907
Pomp and Candace Spring’s House on Black Heritage Trail
A glimpse inside the home of a free African couple from New Hampshire
Black History Matters: The Gold Dust Twins
Popular advertising promotes racist stereotypes well into the 21st century
Giant Hooks for Giant Cod
A reminder from the Isles of Shoals that New England was founded by fishers and their investors
New Castle Breaks Up With Portsmouth in 1693
The 1893 bicentennial reminds us that New Castle was the original heart of colonial New Hampshire