...National Guard, the first military organization formed in the 13 colonies, was founded on Dec. 13, 1636, as the Massachusetts Bay Militia. It has been involved in all of America's conflicts for peace since that date. Thomas Jefferson said...

...avalanches closed the road to Seward. In the nation In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1882, Congress outlawed polygamy. In 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin Roosevelt signed...

...avalanches closed the road to Seward. In the nation In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington...

...Instead, he played songs under the streets as a performing busker, or street musician, based in Boston. Before the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority banned amplification systems, electric pianos and horns for street musicians in December...

...watershed moment in the American War of Independence. On Dec. 16, 1773, a group of British subjects in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay made a calculated decision to board a ship and empty the India tea in the cargo hold into Boston Harbor. In addition...

...the capital be moved from Juneau. In the nation In 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut - later Yale University - was chartered. In 1776, a group...

...building and a trailer court. In the nation In 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was ordered banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut - later Yale University - was chartered. In 1776, a group...