All posts tagged "boxing"
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17.1K1Politics and MilitaryBuffalo Soldiers Come Out to Vermont
In July of 1909, 750 African-American men known as Buffalo soldiers arrived at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vt., near the small...
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20.3K2Crime and ScandalBoston Corners, The Naughty Town That Massachusetts Lost to New York
Look closely at a map of Massachusetts and you’ll notice the southwestern corner doesn’t square off. It’s as if someone chopped off...
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13.8K2Arts and LeisureSix Art Deco Gems
You don’t have to go to Miami or Hollywood for an Art Deco experience. New England has plenty of Art Deco office...
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19.7K2MassachusettsRocky Marciano, the Real Rocky, Came From Massachusetts
Rocky Marciano, a favorite of working-class boxing fans in the 1950s, inspired the fictional Rocky Balboa in the films from 1976 to...
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15.6K3New England PlacesThe New England Summer Theater — Six of the Oldest
Summer theater has been a feature of New England resort towns since a Maine entrepreneur started staging plays in a former skating...
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41.2K11Arts and LeisureNonantum, the New England Town With Its Own Special Language
No matter where Nonantum natives go, they can tell someone is from their village when they hear them speak Lake Talk. Lake...
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