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4.6KThe 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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7.6KSix 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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5.1KHow 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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5.6K1A 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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65.0K8Italian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted American Food
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
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9.6KRebekah Harkness, the Scorned Socialite of Watch Hill, R.I.
Rebekah Harkness spent much of the Standard Oil fortune she inherited on the ballet. Not just going to performances, but sponsoring entire...
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