Politics and Military
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6.8KSix New England Places To Learn About Irish History
Outside of Ireland, New England may be one of the best places to explore Irish history. After all, many people of Irish...
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5.0K2Champlain, the Irish Lake
Between 1840 and 1860, a great wave of Irish immigrants washed up on the shores of Lake Champlain. So many, in fact,...
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4.4K2The Bombshell That Tested 2 Friends: Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton formed a close, lifetime friendship during the American Revolution. But during the Siege of Yorktown, Alexander Hamilton...
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5.0K2Horror Stories About Revolutionary Prisoners Inflame the Colonies
Late in 1776, the British army released thousands of revolutionary prisoners incarcerated in New York. Their condition – starving, diseased, near death...
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7.9K1Connecticut Battles Pennsylvania in the Pennamite Wars
The Pennamite Wars between Connecticut and Pennsylvania involved some of the worst brutality of the Revolutionary era. They also resulted in the...
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11.7K2Boston Corners, The Naughty Town That Massachusetts Lost to New York
Look closely at a map of Massachusetts and you’ll notice the southwestern corner doesn’t square off. It’s as if someone chopped off...
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5.4K1James Mitchell Varnum Gets His Way After 218 Years
James Mitchell Varnum fought against English rule in the American Revolution as one of George Washington’s generals. Then shortly after the war...
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4.4KIsrael Potter, Revolutionary POW, Hobnobs in Europe With a King and 2 Founding Fathers
Israel Potter, a Revolutionary War POW, spent 50 years in exile in England, where he met King George III, Benjamin Franklin and...
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7.0K4The Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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5.0K1Remembering Jonathan Cilley, the Reluctant Maine Duelist
In 1838, politicians in Washington, like Maine representative Jonathan Cilley, didn’t have Twitter to settle their political fights. But they did have...
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