Today’s History Highlights Archive
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10.4KKetchup Made With Sugar? An Offense Against God For Some Mainers
The old saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation,” may have applied to politics, but never to ketchup. The historic novelist...
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7.3KHelen and Sophia Thoreau, Henry David’s Amazing Sisters
Henry Thoreau wouldn’t have been Henry Thoreau without his sisters, Helen and Sophia Thoreau. Or his brother, for that matter. But John...
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7.8KSix Fun Facts About Henry Adams
Henry Adams during his lifetime was known as a snob and a grouch. He was, after all, an Adams, the grandson and...
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5.6K6 Fun Facts About Ezekiel Cheever, Puritan Schoolmaster
Ezekiel Cheever taught Latin, writing and arithmetic to the children of New England’s first Puritans for 70 years. He taught in New...
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5.7KWhen Elizabeth Cady Stanton Met Lucretia Mott, the Women’s Movement Began (Supposedly)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a skilled propagandist who sometimes creatively remembered events in order to make a point. Or, to put it...
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7.9KThe Fuller Brush Man Gets His Foot in the Door
The Fuller Brush Man for decades roved American cities and towns with a smile, a sample case and a good pair of...
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