Massachusetts
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8.7K10Trade, Taxes, Monopolies and Tea: A Revolutionary Brew
On every December 16th, it’s hard not to turn your mind back to the year 1773 when the most famous protest of...
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10.8K10Currier & Ives ‘Cheap and Popular Prints’
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
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36.8K45We Won’t Go Until We Get Some: New England Colonial Christmas Traditions
Just how rowdy was a New England colonial Christmas? It depended on who was celebrating. But it bore little resemblance to Christmas...
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22.8K20The Parker Brothers of Salem, Mass., Build A Game Empire
Search any New England attic and you’re likely to find a version of Parker Brothers’ Monopoly. The beloved board game can trace...
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16.5K6New England Christmas Sayings and Superstitions
To celebrate Christmas, we bring you some Christmas sayings and superstitions about the holiday from What They Say in New England, by...
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62.6K43Eunice Williams, The Unredeemed Captive
In 1704, Mohawk Indians raided the frontier town of Deerfield, Mass. They captured local pastor John Williams, along with his family. Most...
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