All posts tagged "coolidge"
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8.7K4New England PlacesSix Presidential Houses in New England
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
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6.4KNew England PlacesSix Historic Love Nests
In honor of Valentines Day, the New England Historical Society chose to highlight six love nests. Love nests can be lavish mansions...
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6.3K1Politics and Military12 Fascinating Facts About the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannonfire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...
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10.5KArts and LeisureA Christmas First for New England? Each State Can Claim One.
New England is as unlikely a place as there is to celebrate a Christmas first. After all, Puritans in Massachusetts and Connecticut...
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9.1K2Arts and LeisureThe Pet Names of Famous New Englanders
When the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower, they brought with them two dogs described as a spaniel and a mastiff....
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3.7K10bostonHow 2 New England Architects Saved the White House, Part I
Imagine the White House today with a sunken living room, Danish modern furniture and plywood paneling. The historic old building might have...
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7.8K2MassachusettsBoston’s Rat Day of 1917
On Boston's Rat Day of 1917, the upper-class women of Boston gave $1.34 for every rat carcass turned in. The numbers of...
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15.0K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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4.4KbostonEat Like A President, Part II
In honor of President’s Day, the New England Historical Society brings you another guide to how to eat like a president. We...
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5.8K1Arts and LeisureEleonora Sears, Blueblood Bad Girl on the Tennis Courts
Eleonora Sears pioneered women's sports in the way only a Boston blueblood could. When she took up long-distance walking from Boston to...
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