Moses Austin (1761-1821) set off a chain of events that changed the world. Yet his grave in Potosi, Mo., is a modest affair that hardly mentions some of his accomplishments. Born in Connecticut, Moses ...

This summer the Burlington Free Press highlighted the gravesites of 25 famous people buried in Vermont. Readers might have noticed glaring omissions of notables associated with Vermont who didn’t make ...

The Torah ends with sadness. Moses, the Torah’s author, dies, and its final sentences are written with tears. Moses liberated the Jewish people from slavery and led them to the edge of the promised ...