HAVERHILL - John Greenleaf Whittier may be best remembered for “Snow-Bound,’’ his nostalgic ode to New England’s winter wonderland, but fall offers the chance to explore a pair of Merrimack Valley ...

“The worth of the man blending with the worth of the life he portrayed, independent of all considerations of art, has won for him the admiration and affection of the common people.” The time has come ...

A statue of John Greenleaf Whittier, the poet, abolitionist and Quaker the city was named after, was vandalized over the weekend. The still-unidentified vandal wrote “BLM” as well as an”(expletive) ...

The man who left the city of Whittier with his name would have turned 200 years old on Monday. Although he never visited the city named for him, his poetry and ideals still impact the town more than ...

Step back in time this summer at The John Greenleaf Whittier Home, 86 Friend St., Amesbury. Meet "Susannah Martin" of Amesbury on the 327 th anniversary of her hanging as a witch, enjoy a "Summer Tea ...

WHITTIER – John Greenleaf Whittier Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will present six awards to winners of an American History Essay Contest, a Good Citizen high ...

A smitten lover may write a line of verse and shyly hand it to the object of his or her affection. John Greenleaf Whittier had two loves — Hampton Village and Hampton Beach. He wrote six poems in or ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Yesterday I wrote about the patriotic myth of “Paul Revere’s Ride,” ...

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John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Snow-Bound’’ is a sing-song saga of a family stuck in the house for days during a blizzard. They gather round the hearth and tell stories, taking flights of fancy to ...