All posts tagged "Boston Harbor"
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9.6K1MassachusettsTiny Militia Captures Crew of Huge British Warship HMS Somerset
In one of the most remarkable engagements of the American Revolution, the tiny militia of Truro captured more than 400 sailors and...
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13.0K19MassachusettsShattuck and The Devil Try To Stop Quaker Persecution in New England
Quaker persecution began in Massachusetts in July 1656 as soon as the first two Quakers sailed into Boston Harbor. Mary Fisher and...
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11.1K4MassachusettsBoston Light, The Cursed Lighthouse of Boston Harbor
The first Boston Light stood as a beacon in Boston Harbor for 60 years until the British blew it up in 1776....
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16.8K1ConnecticutItalians in New England Declared Enemy Aliens in WWII
Angela Puleo was one of thousands of Italian immigrants stigmatized as enemy aliens by the government during World War II . Two...
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5.4KConnecticutNew England Colonists Thunderstruck by the Lightning Storms of 1768
Terrific lightning storms unsettled New England colonists during the summer of 1768, when rising tensions with Great Britain led to conflict and...
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31.3K6New HampshireA German POW Escapes the WWII Prison Camp in Stark, N.H.
On Aug. 1, 1944, German POW Franz Bacher escaped the World War II prison camp in Northern New Hampshire, eluding a manhunt...
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