New England | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/new-england/RSS feed for New EnglandenMon, 06 Oct 2025 18:20:02 +0000This 1837 Harvard Speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspired a Generation of American Writers to Declare Their Independence From 'the Courtly Muses of Europe’https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-1837-harvard-speech-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-inspired-a-generation-of-american-writers-to-declare-their-independence-from-the-courtly-muses-of-europe-180987451/His address advocated for scholars of the young United States to be less “timid,” “imitative” and “tame”Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:20:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-1837-harvard-speech-by-ralph-waldo-emerson-inspired-a-generation-of-american-writers-to-declare-their-independence-from-the-courtly-muses-of-europe-180987451/These Photos of Harvesting Cranberries Transform the Annual Ritual Into a Shimmering Spectaclehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/photos-harvesting-cranberries-transform-annual-ritual-shimmering-spectacle-180987170/In eastern Massachusetts, flooded wetlands cover the landscape as farmers collect the crop that features on Thanksgiving tables nationwideWed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/photos-harvesting-cranberries-transform-annual-ritual-shimmering-spectacle-180987170/Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Bothhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-shared-fate-180986805/In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both aliveFri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-shared-fate-180986805/Get Into the Revolutionary Spirit With These Beautiful Photographs of Bostonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/get-into-revolutionary-spirit-with-these-beautiful-photographs-boston-180986433/Massachusetts’ capital city offers American history lessons at every turnFri, 18 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/get-into-revolutionary-spirit-with-these-beautiful-photographs-boston-180986433/Paul Revere Wasn't the Only Midnight Rider Who Dashed Through the Darkness to Warn the Patriots That the British Were Cominghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paul-revere-wasnt-the-only-midnight-rider-who-dashed-through-the-darkness-to-warn-the-patriots-that-the-british-were-coming-180986446/Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the countryside, spreading the alarm on April 18, 1775Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/paul-revere-wasnt-the-only-midnight-rider-who-dashed-through-the-darkness-to-warn-the-patriots-that-the-british-were-coming-180986446/Was This Little-Known Standoff Between British Soldiers and Colonists the Real Start of the American Revolution?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/was-this-little-known-standoff-between-british-soldiers-and-colonists-the-real-start-of-the-american-revolution-180986105/On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town during an oft-overlooked encounter known as Leslie's RetreatWed, 26 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/was-this-little-known-standoff-between-british-soldiers-and-colonists-the-real-start-of-the-american-revolution-180986105/Thousands of Book Lovers Gather for a 25-Hour-Long 'Moby Dick' Reading Marathonhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thousands-of-book-lovers-gather-for-a-moby-dick-reading-marathon-180985798/The annual event takes place in the Massachusetts town of New Bedford, which is where Herman Melville's celebrated 1851 novel opensFri, 10 Jan 2025 18:02:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thousands-of-book-lovers-gather-for-a-moby-dick-reading-marathon-180985798/The Little-Known Story Behind the Oldest Surviving Synagogue in Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-little-known-story-behind-the-oldest-surviving-synagogue-in-america-180985432/Through revolution and war, Touro Synagogue, which opened in Newport, Rhode Island, on this day in 1763, has long been a beacon for religious tolerance on the coast of New EnglandMon, 02 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-little-known-story-behind-the-oldest-surviving-synagogue-in-america-180985432/An Astonishing, Rarely Seen Islamic Art Collection Goes on Displayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/astonishing-rarely-seen-islamic-art-collection-goes-display-180985448/At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport visitors around the worldThu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/astonishing-rarely-seen-islamic-art-collection-goes-display-180985448/Inside the Terrifying True Story of the Sperm Whale That Sank the Whale-Ship ‘Essex’ and Inspired Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-terrifying-true-story-of-the-sperm-whale-that-sank-the-whale-ship-essex-and-inspired-herman-melvilles-moby-dick-180985362/Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalismWed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-the-terrifying-true-story-of-the-sperm-whale-that-sank-the-whale-ship-essex-and-inspired-herman-melvilles-moby-dick-180985362/