All posts tagged "battlefield"
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21.5K10Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Nathanael Greene – the Limping Quaker Who Won the Revolution
Nathanael Greene had asthma, walked with a pronounced limp and belonged to the pacifist Quaker religion. None of that stopped him from...
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8.1K2Arts and LeisureNew England Places To Visit: Museums, Cemeteries, Battlefields and a Rummage Sale
Even during the dreariest spring, New England holds a wealth of places to visit for history lovers. There are battlefields for the...
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35.8K11Arts and LeisureNonantum, the New England Town With Its Own Special Language
No matter where Nonantum natives go, they can tell someone is from their village when they hear them speak Lake Talk. Lake...
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4.8K5ConnecticutConnecticut Mystery: The Unsolved Murder of Jerusha Brewster
Amos and Jerusha Brewster of Norwich, Conn., married in 1761, and would both die famously: he in a battle that helped turn...
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5.1K6MassachusettsAlexander Scammell, the Lovesick Revolutionary War Hero
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
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28.9K8ConnecticutThe Great Windham Frog Fight of 1754
The bizarre story of the Great Windham Frog Fight spread across the United States and all the way to Europe during the...
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