Massachusetts
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2.1KTavern Tales: Stories from Boston’s Colonial Taverns
Murder, affairs, brawls and politics! They all had a home in Boston’s colonial taverns. Taverns provided vital services in colonial times. Strangers...
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3.0KThe Brahmin Celebrity Priest Who Wrote O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by a parish priest considered to be the greatest preacher of his day. His name...
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2.4KThe Christmas Blizzard of 1909: ‘The Sea Never Gives Up The Living’
Mild weather dominated December of 1909 in New England. The weather service reported 20 “ideal days” that month. The string of mild...
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9.1KWhat Killed the Marlborough Pie?
The Marlborough Pie once graced many a New England table during the winter holidays. It ranked up there with the pumpkin, the...
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3.4KAgrippa Hull, Race Under British Rule
After decades of neglect the common burial grounds of slaves are now being documented, honored and preserved from New York to Mississippi...
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61.0K8Italian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted American Food
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
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