All posts tagged "Brookfield Mass."
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10.4K3Religion and Social MovementsThe Anti-Wedding of Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell
Henry Blackwell fell in love at first sight. Lucy Stone, the mild- looking but fire-breathing women’s rights advocate, mesmerized the young man....
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6.5K36MassachusettsJohn Hancock Snubs George Washington
In the fall of 1789, President George Washington spent 10 days in Massachusetts, greeted by large crowds of people — with the...
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7.1K7Business and LaborElsie the Cow – The Massachusetts Starlet Who Brought a Cartoon to Life
At the 1939 World’s Fair, Massachusetts launched a celebrity onto the world’s stage. She had beautiful brown eyes, gorgeous hair, a sultry...
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2.8KMassachusettsA Handmade Christmas in New England, c. 1900
Around 1900 on a small farm in Brookfield, Mass., Alan Wallace and his brothers celebrated the holidays with handmade Christmas presents, taffy...
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