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Rose Kennedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl (Sort Of)

Rose Kennedy didn’t drink and she didn’t smoke. She told people who offered her a drink ...
Flashback Photo: Charles Woodbury Paints a Red Bathing Suit

Charles Woodbury painted in quick, sure strokes, according to his maxim: “Paint in verbs, not nouns....
Thoreau and Wyeth: Born Under the Same Sign

When Andrew Wyeth was born exactly 100 years to the day after the birth of Henry David Thoreau, his ...
The ‘Ravishing Light and Glory’ of the Declaration of Independence

Shortly after the Declaration of Independence was first read in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to Sa...
Flashback Photo: The 20th Maine, Hardest Fighters Ever

The 20th Maine, one of the most storied regiments of the Civil War, reunited at Gettysburg in Octobe...
Flashback Photo: Hearthstone Castle in Danbury, Conn.

Elias Starr Sanford built a castle in Danbury, Conn., for his new bride, Emma, who apparently didn’t...
The British Get ‘A Choaky Mouthful’ at Bunker Hill

The most detailed eyewitness account of the Battle of Bunker Hill was written by a private named Pet...
Fort Beausejour Surrenders, and the Great Expulsion of Acadians Begins

The tragic expulsion of Acadians from the Canadian Maritimes began with the surrender of Fort Beause...

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Mary Ames Picks Out Wriggling Creatures from Rations

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Mary Ames and Emily Bliss, young women from Springfield, Mass., opened a school for the liberated slaves on Edisto Island, ...
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Maria Chapman and Her Sisters Fight With Fairs Against Slavery

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Mary Ames Hosts a Praise Meeting, July 9, 1865

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Arts and Leisure

A Mountain View Inspires ‘America the Beautiful’

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When a 33-year-old Wellesley college professor reached the top of Pikes Peak on July 22, 1893, she was ...
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Pumpsie Green: A Standing O for Breaking the Color Barrier

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The Other Alexander Hamilton Visits Boston

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Business and Labor

Barre Stonecutters Fight the Spanish Civil War

Barre Stonecutters Fight the Spanish Civil War

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Flashback Photo: P.T. Barnum Turns a Jail Sentence Into a PR Coup

Flashback Photo: P.T. Barnum Turns a Jail Sentence Into a PR Coup

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The Great Whoopie Pie Controversy

The Great Whoopie Pie Controversy

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Joshua Hempstead, 76, Builds a Wall in New London

Joshua Hempstead, 76, Builds a Wall in New London

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Fanny Hardy Eckstorm Does Justice to Thoreau’s Maine Guide

Fanny Hardy Eckstorm Does Justice to Thoreau’s Maine Guide

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Abbie Burgess, Teenaged Heroine of Matinicus Rock Light

Abbie Burgess, Teenaged Heroine of Matinicus Rock Light

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Flashback Photo: John McTammany, Aggrieved Pioneer of the Player Piano

Flashback Photo: John McTammany, Aggrieved Pioneer of the Player Piano

June 14, 2014

John Ledyard, Connecticut Yankee, Makes a South Sea Discovery With Captain Cook

John Ledyard, Connecticut Yankee, Makes a South Sea Discovery With Captain Cook

June 10, 2014

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July 24, 2014 at 8:24 am

On July 24, 1920, ‘The Best Show Since the Landing of the Pilgrims’ was just getting started in Boston, and the world would soon be introduced to one of the greatest con artists ever. For more : http://bit.ly/Uv1Jye

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July 23, 2014 at 9:38 am

Mary Ames and Emily Bliss were two well-to-do young women from Springfield, Mass., who spent a year in the South after the Civil War running a school for liberated slaves. Find out what happened to them in July 1865.
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July 22, 2014 at 10:39 pm

Rose Kennedy may have been an old-fashioned girl, but she wasn't unworldly. In some ways, she was like one of her daughters in law. But which one? http://bit.ly/1o8vTn7

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July 22, 2014 at 7:54 pm

One of America's most beloved songs was written by a Wellesley college professor inspired by Pikes Peak -- and by a church organist inspired by a ferry ride from Coney Island. http://bit.ly/1lstVce

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July 22, 2014 at 12:01 pm

For six weeks in 1842, Rhode Island had two governors, each claiming to be legitimate. One wanted all white men to have the right to vote. One didn't. What followed was a mini-Civil War. http://bit.ly/1rorhtP

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July 21, 2014 at 9:17 pm

On July 21, 1918, German boaters came to Nauset Beach on Cape Cod. But they weren't tourists. Find out more: http://bit.ly/UnW4dt

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July 21, 2014 at 6:17 pm

Pumpsie Green didn't know what to expect when he first appeared in the Red Sox lineup on Aug. 9, 1959, 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He was the first African American to play for the Red Sox.

When he arrived at Fenway, Celtics great Bill Russell greeted him. But that wasn't the biggest thing that happened to him that day. Read more: http://bit.ly/1n6v1iu

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July 21, 2014 at 7:44 am

When Alexander Hamilton (no, not that one) visited Boston in 1744, he was pleased with his lodgings, but not the beliefs of several Bostonians with whom he dined. Read more: http://bit.ly/UmcpPA

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July 20, 2014 at 11:05 am

In October 1939, Meriden, Conn., was just emerging from the Great Depression. Photographs of the city then make you wonder if Meriden residents were aware of it. http://bit.ly/1n123AG

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July 19, 2014 at 7:20 pm

This lifetime Connecticut resident was once called 'the greatest ally' of one of the world's favorite superheroes. http://bit.ly/1kHaX1t

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Growing up in New Britain, Conn., Jim Aparo always wanted to be an artist.

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July 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm

On this day in 1933, two brothers each had a home run in the same game at Fenway Park while playing on opposing teams. It was a first. http://bit.ly/1rzp3Hh

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July 18, 2014 at 9:09 pm

A prim librarian or a determined breaker of glass ceilings? Vermont's Mary Jean Simpson was the first woman to do a lot of things, including hold the positions she held when this photo was taken.
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July 18, 2014 at 2:46 pm

The 1914 Boston Braves were one of the worst teams in baseball -- then they were the best. Find out how the madmen from Boston made perhaps the most stunning comeback in baseball history. http://bit.ly/1tZynJ0

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July 18, 2014 at 10:16 am

One of the wildest sagas in rock 'n roll history took place in 1972 in Warwick, R.I., and Boston. The Rolling Stones were arrested in Rhode Island just before they were scheduled to play Boston Garden. An improbable savior bailed them out. http://bit.ly/1mWngvC

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July 18, 2014 at 8:35 am

David Robbins was nobody’s idea of a good man. But he was a legend in New Hampshire’s North Country in the early 1800s, made infamous by his own black hearted deeds. http://bit.ly/1rwhtgt

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July 17, 2014 at 7:26 pm

Ida Lewis was known as the bravest woman in America for her daring rescues of people lost at sea. She is the only person to have one of these structures named after her. http://bit.ly/1oNwVky

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July 17, 2014 at 7:48 am

Before Erle Stanley Gardner created one of the most famous fictional characters of his day, he launched his literary career with ‘Nellie’s Naughty Nighty,’ a steamy tale that his mother, a Mayflower descendant, refused to read. More: http://bit.ly/1jT3ku4

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July 16, 2014 at 8:25 pm

In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton (not that one) took a trip from Maryland to New England for his health (maybe a mistake). On July 16, 1744, in Newport, R.I., he was blown away by the artist who painted this portrait. Hamilton's travel journal is prized by historians because it's one of the rare accounts of life in colonial America between 1730 and 1745. Today you can still see some of the things he saw in Newport in 1744. ttp://bit.ly/1oZ56J0

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July 16, 2014 at 8:02 pm

In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton (not that one) took a trip from Maryland to New England for his health (maybe a mistake). In Newport, R.I., he was blown away by the artist who painted this portrait. Today you can still see some of the things he saw in Newport in 1744. ttp://bit.ly/1oZ56J0

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July 16, 2014 at 1:13 pm

'Catcher in the Rye' was published on july 16, 1951. Reviews were initially mixed, but as the book became more and more famous, J.D. Salinger became more and more reclusive. Finally he fled to this New England town: http://bit.ly/1l45NN0

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July 16, 2014 at 7:21 am

On July 17, 1936, the Spanish Civil War broke out, and the Spanish stonecutters of Barre, Vt., put their hearts into raising money for the suffering Spanish people. http://bit.ly/1jP7Aeh

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July 15, 2014 at 6:10 pm

Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer, sailed from Cape Porpoise on the morning of July 15, 1605, and discovered the Merrimack River though he went no farther than North Hampton, N.H. that day. It helped to have drawing paper and crayon. http://bit.ly/U8jpQc

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July 15, 2014 at 2:57 pm

The Desert of Maine was once a lakebed of glacial silt that was exposed over the 19th century when topsoil blew away because of overgrazing and failure to rotate crops. Or perhaps there's a spookier explanation… http://bit.ly/U7QeN1

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