All posts tagged "Boston Harbor"
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11.3K19MassachusettsShattuck 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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9.9K4MassachusettsBoston 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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15.7K1ConnecticutItalians 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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4.7KConnecticutNew 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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29.6K6New 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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6.6K2Arts and LeisureClarence DeMar Upends Medical Science, Proves Running Isn’t Bad for the Heart
Clarence DeMar survived a Dickensian childhood and bad medical advice to win the Boston Marathon seven times, despite taking two long breaks...
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