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38.1K45We 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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24.2K20The 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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17.5K6New 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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70.9K43Eunice 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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21.1K20How the Wampanoag Indians Took Back Gay Head
The Gay Head Wampanoag Indians lived on Martha’s Vineyard for thousands of years, and for the last 400 they never gave up...
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9.4K2Hoover High Boy Wins AL MVP as 1949 Red Sox
Well before he joined the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams was a baseball star when he played for Hoover High in San...
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