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9.2KThe Curse of Humphrey Atherton
Humphrey Atherton had far more power and influence than the Quakers he persecuted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1650s. At...
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44.9K4Six 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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18.8K3The 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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28.5K8Six 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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10.4K26 Places That Appear in Currier & Ives Prints
Currier & Ives produced thousands of hand-colored lithographs that together create a panorama of the mid-19th century. The firm got its start...
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8.0K9In 1872, the Boston Globe Began With a Whimper Not a Bang
The big news on the front page of the first Boston Globe on Monday, March 4, 1872 was church attendance the day...
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