Rhode Island
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13.4K3The 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers anything like the 1965 drought. It was the driest...
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17.6K46 Working Class Heroes Memorialized
New England’s working class heroes occupy far less space on commons and greens than soldiers and politicians. Few were laid to rest...
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22.1K1Rhode Island’s Awful Awful Love Affair: A History
The Awful Awful, a quirky Rhode Island drink, that survived multiple bankruptcies and the machinations of Wall Street. Many New Englanders remember...
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21.7K4The Tragedy of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel
Though her modeling career ended by 1922, you can still see the image of Audrey Munson in museums from Hartford to San...
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25.1K26 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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11.3K1From Africa to Newport and Back – Musician Occramer Marycoo’s Incredible Journey
Occramer Marycoo became America’s first black professional musician in 1764, but it wasn’t by choice. For more than 60 years Marycoo wanted...
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