Arts and Leisure
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3.8KThe Rise and Fall of the Belfast Broiler Festival
Mainers by the thousands celebrated Waldo County’s Mardi Gras for four decades: the Belfast Broiler Festival. Men from the poultry farms and...
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4.5KThe Recent Rediscovery of John Leslie Breck, Boston Impressionist
John Leslie Breck was a gifted artist on the verge of fame when he took his own life at the age of...
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7.3KIndians Loaned Their Words to English. Now They Want Their Languages Back.
New England Indians loaned many words and place names to the American English language. Now some of them are getting their own...
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6.3KLady Blanche Forsakes Her English Manor for True Love in Bartlett, NH
One rainy day in the autumn of 1875, a writer named A.A. Smith met Lady Blanche Murphy, the daughter of an earl,...
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7.1KWhen the Puritans Banned Mincemeat Pie
On May 11, 1659, the Massachusetts Puritans banned Christmas and ordered anyone caught celebrating to pay a fine of five shillings. That...
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12.8K7 Fun Facts About the Trapp Family, Before & After The Sound of Music
There’s a lot more to the Trapp Family Singers than you’ll find in The Sound of Music, one of the most beloved...
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