Today’s History Highlights Archive
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1.3KDiscovery in the Attic: The Lost Work of Provincetown Artist Edith Lake Wilkinson
In 1924, someone packed a truck with the life work of Edith Lake Wilkinson – her woodblocks, prints, sketches and paintings. And...
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2.4KBenjamin Roberts Fights To Integrate Massachusetts Schools—and Wins in 1855
Before the Civil War, Benjamin Roberts lost, and then won, his fight to integrate Boston’s schools. And then after he died, he...
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1.3K1Miracle on Scituate Reservoir: The Pilgrim Airlines Fiery Emergency Landing
Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458, a regional commuter airline founded in 1962, left LaGuardia airport bound eventually for Boston on what should have...
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6.7KA. Philip Randolph Leads Sleeping Car Porters Out of Slavery
Of the thousands of people who go in and out of Boston’s Back Bay commuter rail station every day, how many pass...
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2.4KBeginner’s Guide to the French and Indian Wars, All Six of Them
Before the American Revolution, which everyone knows about, six – count ‘em, six – French and Indian Wars engulfed the region for...
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