Rhode Island
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3.7KJohn Margolies Photographs Roadside America
John Margolies in 1970 caused a stir, and not a good one, in highbrow architectural citcles. He did it by putting on...
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3.0KThe Sentinelle Affair: Keeping The French in Franco American
In 1919, the Federation of Canadian Catholic Churches in America decided to tackle the need for better schools. Catholic parish schools served...
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3.8KThe She-She-She Camps of the Great Depression
The Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men a job and their families a lifeline with money they sent home every...
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6.3KSix Paintings of New England Spring
Artists have probably created far fewer New England spring paintings than of any of the three other seasons. After all, New England...
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4.2KHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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4.6K1A Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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