All posts tagged "Boston Red Sox"
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16.2K5Business and LaborSecrets to a Long Life From Holders of The Boston Post Cane
When the Town of Westmoreland, N.H., gave its Boston Post Cane to 113-year-old Mary Ray in 2008, she was believed to be...
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23.8K23ConnecticutHow the Italian Immigrants Came to New England
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...
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17.1K4Arts and LeisureThe Hidden History of Fenway’s Red Seat (For Those Who Aren’t Diehard Red Sox Fans)
A lone red seat in Fenway Park’s green bleacher section marks the longest home run ever hit by the greatest hitter ever...
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101.4K28Arts and LeisureHow Portuguese Immigrants Came to New England
In 1915, four Madeiran men organized a feast at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in New Bedford, Mass. They did it...
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7.2KArts and LeisureSunday Baseball Fails To Rescue the Boston Red Sox From the Cellar in 1929
Hard luck dogged the Boston Red Sox during the 1920s, and nothing they did, not even Sunday baseball, made things any better....
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5.5K10bostonJames Michael Curley Steals the Red Sox Thunder
In 1933, the Depression held New England in a vice. Mills were dying, crime was soaring, Boston’s Mayor James Michael Curley was...
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