All posts tagged "Bristol RI"
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10.1KBusiness and LaborSix Places Products Were Made
Back in the day, products were made in New England — a lot of products. The early cod fishermen and Yankee traders...
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31.8K3Arts and Leisure6 Hollywood Stars Buried in New England
New England may be associated more with summer stock theatre than the silver screen, but it didn’t take much to find 6...
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8.6K4Politics and MilitaryThe Bristol Fourth of July Parade, From Pious Henry Wight to Rascally Buddy Cianci
The Rev. Henry Wight is the unlikely inventor of today’s raucous Independence Day celebrations and the famous Bristol Fourth of July parade....
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16.3KPolitics and MilitaryAmbrose Burnside, The Sideburned Civil War Commander Who Didn’t Want The Job
When Ambrose Burnside received his orders to take command of the Army of the Potomac in November of 1862, it was said...
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10.1K2ConnecticutConnecticut Methodist Camp Meeting Leads to Murder (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. Methodist Camp Meetings were key to...
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10.6K11ConnecticutMethodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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