All posts tagged "Camden"
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5.5K5New England PlacesSix Places New England Films Were Shot
New England films number in the hundreds since the turn of the last century, partly because the region provides such rich material...
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5.8K4New England PlacesThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Six Historic Opera Houses
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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19.9K13Business and Labor6 of the Oldest General Stores in New England
General stores had their heyday between 1820 and 1860, when income was rising and the population was growing. Like the Hope General...
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16.3K10Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Nathanael Greene – the Limping Quaker Who Won the Revolution
Nathanael Greene had asthma, walked with a pronounced limp and belonged to the pacifist Quaker religion. None of that stopped him from...
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19.0K6Arts and LeisurePeyton Place – A Town, Its Scandals and the Woman Who Told the World
The dirty novel Peyton Place landed like a bombshell in 1956, a surprise hit by an unknown author. The critics panned it, the...
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9.6K1Crime and ScandalMaine’s Mildred Gillars Wanted Fame and She Got It in WWII
Mildred Gillars paid a price for the fame she craved so desperately. She became one of the most hated women in America...
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