All posts tagged "Abenaki Indians"
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10.2K4MaineTomah Joseph, the Indian Elder Who Taught FDR
The friendship between an Indian elder named Tomah Joseph and a 10-year-old rich kid would change the way the U.S. government treated...
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28.2K8ConnecticutThe Highest Point in Each New England State
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is to the highest point in the region: Mount Washington...
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28.2K9Connecticut6 Places With a Curse on Them
Curses were a fact of life in colonial America. With limited scientific knowledge, spiritual beliefs reigned supreme. And many believed that a...
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16.8K3MassachusettsWhat the Abenaki People Called the Full Moon
Sometime around 1645, William Pynchon wrote down the names given to each full moon by a tribe of Abenaki Indians. Pynchon, an...
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11.1K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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9.4K9New HampshireJohn Stark Runs the Gauntlet His Way, Wins Battles, Writes a Letter
Revolutionary War Gen. John Stark displayed his fighting spirit well before his heroics at the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Battle...
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