All posts tagged "Catholic history"
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5.4K1MaineBeginner’s Guide to the French and Indian Wars, All Six of Them
Before the American Revolution, which everyone knows about, six – count ‘em, six – French and Indian Wars engulfed the region for...
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8.0KPolitics and MilitaryHow Samuel de Champlain Started a War
Among his many accomplishments, which include founding Quebec City and mapping New France, Samuel de Champlain started a war. Born into a...
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30.1K3bostonThe Hope and Despair of Acadian Exiles, 1755-1766
In the winter of 1755, two Marshfield, Mass., selectmen knocked on the door of the Michel family, seven Acadian exiles. They brought...
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6.5K4MassachusettsStanislaus Orlemanski Lectures Joseph Stalin on Religious Freedom
In April of 1944, Stanislaus Orlemanski, a priest from Springfield, Mass., was called on to travel to Russia to square off with...
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7.5K1Arts and LeisureSister Corita Kent Paints Boston a Rainbow and Gets the World’s Biggest Copyright
Corita Kent created two wildly successful works of art: a tiny collectible and a major Boston landmark. The U.S. Postal Service sold...
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8.2K3Arts and LeisureBenjamin Franklin Keith Bans the Word ‘Pants,’ Builds a Theatrical Empire
Back in the heyday of vaudeville, Benjamin Franklin Keith promised the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston that he would only stage ‘clean’...
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