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12.2K3How the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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5.3KWhy the Boston Anticks Barged Into Rich People’s Homes at Christmas
Toward the end of the 18th century, the Boston Anticks used to burst into mansions at Christmastime and stage silly plays before...
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20.6K12How To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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6.0KThe 1790 Census: New England by the Numbers
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
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3.6KThe American Winston Churchill, Once More Famous Than the Other
Back in the early 20th century, an American Winston Churchill got a letter from a young war correspondent of the same name....
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5.2KThe Curse of Humphrey Atherton
Humphrey Atherton had far more power and influence than his victims, Quakers he persecuted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s....
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30.6K4Six Revolutionary Forts
Scattered throughout New England are dozens of revolutionary forts. Some, like Fort Halifax in Maine, date to the French and Indian wars....
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11.6K3The Sumner League, Connecticut’s Forgotten Civil Rights Society
The story was long forgotten: A New Haven bootblack became a leader in the fight against Jim Crow as president of a...
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15.0K8Six Brutalist Buildings
Two of the most famous Brutalist buildings in America are still provoking strong emotions in New England decades after they first reared...
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