All posts tagged "Boston"
- Arts and Leisure
Wonderland, Revere’s Brief, Brilliant Million-Dollar Amusement Park
In 1903 and 1904 the face of American public amusement changed with the successful opening of two new parks in Coney Island:...
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576Arts and LeisureWhen Connecticut Went in for Comic Book Burning
On Feb. 26, 1955, a small group led by Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert of Norwich, Conn., posed for a photographer in front...
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1.5KNew HampshireIn Search of the Roosevelt Outhouse in New England
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
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2.8KbostonSix Fun Facts About Henry Adams
Henry Adams during his lifetime was known as a snob and a grouch. He was, after all, an Adams, the grandson and...
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2.1KMassachusettsGeorge Scigliano Frees Italian Debt Slaves
George Scigliano won the reverence of Boston’s North End for vanquishing the money lenders, criminals and labor bosses who preyed on poor...
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2.1KMassachusetts6 Fun Facts About Ezekiel Cheever, Puritan Schoolmaster
Ezekiel Cheever taught Latin, writing and arithmetic to the children of New England’s first Puritans for 70 years. He taught in New...
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