Politics and Military
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1.4KThe Wiscasset Incident Sets Off Maine’s Indian Wars of 1750
The Wiscasset Incident occurred on December 2, 1749. That day gun shots rang out in the woods of Wiscasset, Maine. Sailors from...
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3.7KCamp Edwards, Cape Cod’s World War II City
One year before Pearl Harbor, many Americans thought the United States would never enter World War II. They might have thought otherwise...
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3.8KThe Fabulous McLeans and Their Hoodoo Diamond
When Evalyn and Ned McLean got married in 1908, they seemed to have it all. A golden couple, they had wealth, connections...
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3.2KBanbury 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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4.9KThe 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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