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4.3KThe Branded Hand of Jonathan Walker: Emblem of Slave Stealing or Slave Savior?
In 1844, Florida slave-holders believed Jonathan Walker deserved the punishment of a branded hand. Walker, after all, had tried to steal seven...
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5.5K1Six Places an Iconic Food Was Born
New England has given birth to many an iconic food. The exact birthplace, however, of such beloved treats as the fluffernutter sandwish,...
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5.1K1Sacco and Vanzetti, Guilty After All?
When a judge sentenced two Italian anarchists named Sacco and Vanzetti to die for a crime they said they didn’t commit, an...
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3.0KPrivate Snafu, Horny Cartoon Character, Teaches Soldiers How To Behave — And Dr. Seuss How To Write
Well before the Grinch Stole Christmas or the Cat in the Hat Came Back, Dr. Seuss gave voice to Private Snafu, a...
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3.1K1Oscar Wilde Stirs Up Boston
In an early display of homophobia, 60 Harvard students dressed up like the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde when he delivered a lecture...
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4.1K1Timothy Leary Gets the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act Overturned
Timothy Leary found out just how screwy America’s cannabis laws were when he got busted for violating the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act....
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4.1KJack Kerouac Fantasy Baseball (Yes, That Jack Kerouac)
Jack Kerouac invented a fantasy baseball game with homemade cards that he played well into adulthood. After he played the games, he...
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5.8KThe 1790 Census: New England by the Numbers
Just after the American Revolution, Gilmanton, N.H., ranked as the 30th biggest municipality in the United States. The Lakes Region town was...
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4.8K1Robert’s Rules of Order Born From Bickering in a New Bedford Church
For over a century, Robert’s Rules of Order have prevented countless petty arguments because an-out-of-control church meeting embarrassed a 25-year-old Army lieutenant....
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4.6K2The New England Defenders of the Alamo
Among the defenders of the Alamo, at least eight came from New England to start a new life. Those lives were cut...
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