All posts tagged "assassination"
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5.0K1MassachusettsSix Quick Facts About the Valentine in History
The Valentine has pleased and perturbed people since Charles, Duke of Orleans, sent one to his wife from the Tower of London...
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7.0K8Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. in New England
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
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8.0K1Politics and MilitaryCanada’s Confederate Plot Against St. Albans, Vermont
Sitting on the Canadian border didn’t insulate St. Albans, Vt., from Confederate attack during the American Civil War. Canadians viewed New England...
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20.6K2MassachusettsBoston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth
Thomas Corbett was born in London in 1832, but he gained his fame as Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes...
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10.6K2Arts and LeisureDancer’s Image, the NH Horse that Won and Lost the Kentucky Derby
The New Hampshire thoroughbred Dancer’s Image won, then lost, the Kentucky Derby in 1968 because his owner made a kind gesture to...
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82.5K10MassachusettsThe Night Ethel Kennedy Met Jackie Bouvier
Ethel Kennedy loved to be the center of attention, but she couldn’t compete with her sister-in-law, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Ethel was outdoorsy...
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