All posts tagged "featured"
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2.4KConnecticutThe Revolutionary Holidays You May or May Not Celebrate
Revolutionary holidays didn't start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
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2.3K2VermontThe Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie's daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...
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2.6KArts and LeisureSix Historic College Pranks and Where They Were Played
College pranks have been part of the college experience since at least the 13th century, when Oxford students sent a prostitute to...
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1.4KConnecticutHow Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground Was Saved by the Gold Street Lady
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 early men, women and children who settled...
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6742Rhode IslandYou Don’t Have To Be Italian To Love RI Chicken Family Style
Chicken family style evolved in Northern Rhode Island during the Great Depression, and even today people will drive for miles and wait...
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9251MaineThe Eccentric Mainer Who Built the A&P Supermarket Empire
In 1859, George Gilman decided to change careers. At 33 he was an executive in his father's tannery in New York City....
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1.1K5Today's History Highlights ArchiveSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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5051MassachusettsMary Gray Bidwell, Connecticut River Goddess, Dies Too Soon To Help Her Husband
Mary Gray Bidwell and her husband Barnabas resembled in many ways John and Abigail Adams. Both belonged to the local gentry, and...
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346New HampshireLouis de Rochemont: The New Hampshire Moviemaker Who Took on Hitler in 1938 and Won
Louis de Rochemont had a bone to pick in 1938. In the 1930s, American attitudes toward Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler were...
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336Arts and LeisureFive Historic Thanksgiving Foods . . . That You Won’t Be Eating
The best food historians can say is that turkey probably has been on Thanksgiving tables since the beginning, and its been remarkably...