All posts tagged "Catholic history"
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3.0K1MaineBeginner’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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5.6KPolitics 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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27.3K3bostonThe Hope and Despair of Acadian Exiles, 1755-1766
In the winter of 1755, two Marshfield, Mass., selectmen knocked on the door of a family of seven Acadian exiles. They brought...
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4.9K4MassachusettsStanislaus 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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5.5K1Arts and LeisureSister Corita Kent Paints Boston a Giant Rainbow
] A tiny collectible and a major Boston landmark are two of the most successful works of art created by Corita Kent....
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6.6K3Arts and LeisureBenjamin Franklin Keith Bans the Word ‘Pants,’ Builds a Theatrical Empire
Benjamin Franklin KeithBack in the heyday of vaudeville, Benjamin Franklin Keith promised the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston that he would only...
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