Kerry Miller portrays Martin Breem, who served in the Union Army and went on to become a prominent Chicago attorney, for visitors to the Vintage Voices event at Alton Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 11, ...

When the earliest settlers arrived in our town, they were forging ahead with opportunities bestowed upon them in the form of land grants and incentives. The Massachusetts Bay Colony granted the land ...

There is a place in Concord hallowed and revered with everlasting history. It is a place where our ancestors walked and prayed and is home to many prominent people, brave soldiers, famous authors, ...

Gail Drillinger, Talia McDonald and Annalynn Abbott portray Alton teacher Mary Alice McCarthy and two of her students during Vintage Voices at Alton Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. It turns out ...

It’s something we don’t always like to talk about in the Western world. But death is all around us, and it’s one of the only unifying things about everyone on this planet. Everyone will die, and most ...

With a degree in history and archaeology, Jordan Wilson has found himself buried in a profession he has come to love — restoring tombstones.

Every life is a story that ends in a sad event — namely the death of the central character. So to walk through a quiet cemetery is to leaf through a storybook filled with narratives of people who ...

For Adam Selzer, spooky season is his Super Bowl. Selzer rounds out his busy days this month working on his next book, which he expects to be about “antique” serial killers in the city’s history. We ...

HARVARD — The community is invited to step into New England’s rich burial history with The Gravestone Girls at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Harvard Public Library, 4 Pond St. This fascinating ...