All posts tagged "British Royal Navy"
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4.2K1MaineDavid Dunbar Tries to Steal Maine from Massachusetts in 1729
David Dunbar had an uncanny ability to agitate people. He was born in Ireland to a family of little means, but in...
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4.5KMaineThe Battle of Margaretta, When Pitchforks Beat the British Navy
The Battle of Margaretta, by today’s standards, was really more of a skirmish: a sailing vessel with four guns attacked by woodsmen...
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8.6KMassachusettsDon Pedro, The Last True Pirate To Raid the Atlantic Sea
Don Pedro, the handsome, ruthless Spanish pirate, apparently didn’t get the memo in 1832 that piracy was over in the Atlantic Ocean....
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2.8K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveSix Breathtaking National Natural Landmarks
New England can claim 57 National Natural Landmarks of the 599 listed throughout the country. The six-state region has a wealth of ...
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8.5K1MaineMexico, Maine? Rome, Maine? How Maine Place Names Came To Be
Many Maine place names are not like the rest of New England's, with Bristols and Yarmouths and Portsmouths named after counterparts in England....
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8.5K6MaineHow New England Got Its Place Names
Every New England state has a Town of Warren, but the reason for thos place names is more complicated than you might...
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5.8K5Politics and MilitaryMaine Timbers Shore Up the British Navy in 1666
There was nothing like a shipment of white pine Maine timbers from the New England colonies to cheer up a British Royal...
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11.4K6MaineThe Revolutionary Flags That Fell to the Stars and Stripes
By June 14, 1777, it was high time the Continental Congress to replace a variety of revolutionary flags with the stars and...