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24.5K96 Stops on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who hid fugitives from slavery in their homes during the day and moved them...
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5.3KRochambeau Comes To Help the Revolution, Gets a Cold Shoulder
When le Comte Rochambeau and his 6,000 men sailed into Newport Harbor on the afternoon of July 11, 1780, they expected...
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51.9K206 of the Oldest Houses in New England
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
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5.2K4Rev. Henry Wight, Father of the Fourth of July
The Rev. Henry Wight is the unlikely inventor of today’s loud and raucous Fourth of July celebrations. A quiet, pious and amiable...
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12.2K86 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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27.7K7Six Revolutionary War Battlefields in New England
Revolutionary War battlefields abound in New England, where, after all, the whole thing began. The patriots fought the British in every colony...
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6.0KWhat They Say in New England About Summer: Epigrams and Folk Wisdom
The summer season inspires far fewer sayings in New England than spring, fall or winter, probably because it’s so short and so...
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12.2K3Happy St. Jean Baptiste Day! Live Free and Eat Poutine!
Many Americans view Bastille Day as the big French holiday, but for Franco-Americans from Canada it’s St. Jean Baptiste Day on June...
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18.4K1The Return of ZaRex
Generations of New Englanders grew up on ZaRex, a sweet fruity syrup they could make into a drink, into snow cones or...
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8.6K430 New England Places the Founding Fathers Visited (And You Can Too)
The first five president visited New England places in every state, though four of them were from Virginia. George Washington left tracks...
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