All posts tagged "american"
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12.6K2Arts and LeisureClement Moore, Hebrew Scholar and Reluctant Author of ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’
Clement Moore took far more pride in the Hebrew dictionary he wrote than in A Visit from St. Nicholas, which he also wrote....
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22.1K2MassachusettsHow the Codfish Started the American Revolution
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
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18.9KArts and LeisureWhen Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Honeymooned (and Partied) in Westport, Conn.
In 1920, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald honeymooned in Westport, Conn., so he could write, she could swim and they could both party...
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16.2K1MassachusettsSeven Fascinating Facts About Frederick Douglass
He rose from slavery in the South to international prominence as a writer, orator and anti-slavery activist. Frederick Douglass didn’t spend a...
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15.4K1Politics and MilitaryThe Irish-American Army That Attacked Canada from a Vermont Farm
Alvah Richard couldn’t believe that fanatical Irish-American army was back. For the second time in four years, the self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army...
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14.3K4MassachusettsJames Somerset, the Boston Runaway Who Ended Slavery in England
In 1771, James Somerset languished in an English prison ship that would soon set sail for Jamaica. From there, he would be...
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