All posts tagged "battles"
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17.1K1Crime and ScandalJane Macrae, Murdered on the Way to Her Loyalist Lover
The sensational murder of Jane Macrae in July 1777 made her one of the best known women of the 19th century. She...
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10.0K6MassachusettsAlexander 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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12.1K13New HampshireThe Revolutionary War Veterans Christmas Dinner in New Hampshire
Benjamin Pierce, a war hero and father of future president Franklin Pierce, threw a Christmas dinner for 21 Revolutionary War veterans in 1824....
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11.6K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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9.7K9New HampshireJohn Stark Runs the Gauntlet His Way, Wins Battles, Writes a Letter
Revolutionary War Gen. John Stark displayed his fighting spirit well before his heroics at the Battle of Bunker Hill or the Battle...
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29.1K6Arts and LeisureSam Walter Foss Writes the Ultimate Poem for the Common Man
The beloved poem House by the Side of the Road by Sam Walter Foss is now pretty much forgotten but it was...
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