All posts tagged "assassination"
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9.4K2New HampshireSeven Fun Facts About John Hay, Winner of All of Life’s Great Prizes
The name “John Hay” pops up frequently in American history, especially during the second half of the 19th century. John Hay was...
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40.6K5ConnecticutThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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93.1K5Politics and MilitaryThe MTL Insanity File of Robert Todd Lincoln Discovered
Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
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10.7K1Massachusetts9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Bobby Kennedy
Many viewed the death of Bobby Kennedy in 1968 as the loss of the last great leader. Assassins’ bullets had taken the...
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67.6K1MassachusettsEmma Goldman Opens An Anarchist Ice Cream Shop in Worcester, Mass.
Emma Goldman could have made a fortune from her ice cream parlor in Worcester, Mass. It was 1892, and she was a...
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11.0KConnecticutConnecticut’s Gideon Welles Learns President Lincoln Has Been Shot
Gideon Welles of Glastonbury, Conn. would rise in the political ranks to become Secretary of the Navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and...
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