The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, is a Christian sect that thrived for more than 100 years as a creative expression of communal living within a religious environment. Twenty-four Shaker settlements were established between 1787 and 1898 in 10…
On the morning of Tuesday, June 28, 1825 honorary citizen of the United States the Marquis de Lafayette crossed over the wooden bridge that spanned the Connecticut River in Cornish, N.H. Entering Vermont, he and his entourage proceeded at a break-neck pace to complete his 13-month farewell t…
