Politics and Military
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1.8KBanbury Cake, the Puritans’ Favorite Treat
On Dec. 24, 1706, Judge Samuel Sewall brought a Banbury cake to a sick friend in Boston. Sewall, best known as one...
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3.0KThe Ipswich Fright: Terror Strikes a Town Even When the British Aren’t Coming
In the days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a general panic seized the population around Boston. Would the British regulars...
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1.6KJames Covey, African Sailor, Helps the Amistad Captives to Freedom
In 1839, a young black sailor named James Covey held the key to freedom for 53 Africans who appeared in a Spanish...
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1.6KSeven Fun Facts About Joseph Kennedy, Father of a Dynasty
One summer day in the early 1960s, Joseph Kennedy was sitting in his wheelchair in front of his Hyannis Port home,as a...
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2.4KAbe Lincoln’s Puritan Ancestors (Cavaliers and Baptists, Too)
Abraham Lincoln, the Great Unifier, didn’t talk much about his Puritan ancestors. Nor did he talk much about his ancestors from Virginia,...
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