All posts tagged "Cambridge Mass."
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35.2K23Arts and LeisureMabel Loomis Todd, the Adulteress Who Made Emily Dickinson Famous
Mabel Loomis Todd often visited Emily Dickinson’s home, but never laid eyes on the poet except in her coffin. After her first...
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9.7KArts and LeisureNew England Places To Take Mom on Mother’s Day
Everyone knows about historic New England places like the Freedom Trail or Robert Frost’s Farm. But the New England Historical Society can...
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12.5K3Arts and LeisureEdie Sedgwick, Poor Little Rich Girl
In 1965, Edie Sedgwick appeared in one of Andy Warhol’s underground films in 1965. In it, she said, “I’ve never been anywhere...
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12.0K6Crime and ScandalLightfoot and Thunderbolt – The Last New England Highwaymen
In July of 1816, Michael Martin encountered an odd clergyman at a tavern in his native Ireland. The cleric dazzled him with...
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25.0K4bostonGeorge Washington Breaks Up a Snowball Fight at Harvard
A snowball fight among Continental Army soldiers threatened to get ugly during the Siege of Boston until George Washington intervened. It was...
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41.0K4Business and LaborPercy Spencer Melts a Chocolate Bar, Invents the Microwave Oven
Percy Spencer had only a fifth-grade education, but that didn’t stop him from earning patents crucial to winning World War II –...
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