All posts tagged "Charlestown Mass."
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3.7K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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4.3KMassachusetts6 Fun Facts About Ezekiel Cheever, Puritan Schoolmaster
Ezekiel Cheever taught Latin, writing and arithmetic to the children of New England’s first Puritans for 70 years. He taught in New...
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5.6KConnecticutThe Brahmin Rough Riders of New England
Some people believe that the Rough Riders were almost all cowboys from out West. After all, it had earned the nickname “The...
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7.4K2Flashback PhotosBoston Holds a Water Celebration in 1848
On Oct. 25, 1848, a stream of water gushed from a fountain before 100,000 people assembled on Boston Common for the city’s...
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5.4K2MassachusettsThe British Plot to Poison Boston in 1776
In the days leading up to March 17, 1776, Massachusetts was on edge. British troops, under siege for nearly a year, prepared...
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10.4KMassachusettsAbner Kneeland, The Free-Speech Martyr Convicted of Blasphemy in 1838
Abner Kneeland was a powerful and energetic Universalist minister whose religious doubts and political beliefs sent him to a Massachusetts prison in...
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