All posts tagged "Andover Mass."
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10.6K3Flashback PhotosTrinity Church, a Parish Priest’s Dream
Boston’s Trinity Church owes its magnificent appearance to the Episcopal priest who wrote the lyrics to the Christmas carol, O Little Town of...
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12.3K5New HampshireThe Mysterious Death of New Hampshire’s Enoch Poor, Revolutionary War Hero
Enoch Poor went off to fight with the Continental Army in 1775, and fought in every major battle of the Revolution until...
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7.0K5Flashback PhotosLieutenant George Bush Gets Shot Down
As a 20-year-old bomber pilot in World War II, Lieutenant George Bush always thought someone else would get hit by enemy fire....
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5.8K2Arts and LeisureElizabeth Stuart Phelps Tells the Ladies To Burn Their Corsets
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps more than 150 years ago wrote about how hard it was for women to balance their ambitions with home...
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6.7KArts and LeisureHarriet Beecher Stowe: ‘To-night the last sad duty is before us’
Harriet Beecher Stowe lost her eldest son Henry Ellis on July 9, 1857, when he drowned in the Connecticut River. He was...
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