Maine
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1.8KMassasoit, John Quincy Adams and Early Welfare in Today’s History Highlights
Have you had your John Quincy Adams fix yet today? The son of Braintree (now Quincy) and America’s sixth president, John Quincy...
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3.8K7New Sweden Maine Pioneers Made Railroad Men Rich
The story of New Sweden, Maine, is often told as an inspirational tale of pioneer immigrants who triumphed over hardship, carving from...
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2.8KA New Englander in the lore of Lincoln plus canal schooners and an execution in Today’s History Highlights
Maine Public Broadcasting has given listeners the 1863 story of Billy Boy Laird, the only soldier executed for desertion in the state...
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1.5KTornadoes, Mapmaking, and Peace Treaties in Today’s History Highlights – 7.26.2013
If you need someone to ask directions, the job goes to a woman. It was ever thus. In exploring its archive of...
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33.1K14The Greatest Submarine Rescue Ever: Saving the Squalus
On the morning of May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus slipped beneath the storm-tossed surface of the Atlantic on a sea...
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18.3K34Classic Movies Shot in New England, 13 Award-Winners
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last century and some have shot classic movies here....
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2.7KNew York to York Harbor — The Poison Pen Scandal Unfolds (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part,click here. Allen Ryan was a predatory capitalist to...
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9.3K5York Harbor Captivated by 1923 Poison Pen Scandal
For a few days in 1923, the entire world focused on York Harbor as home to the love nest that figured in...
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