All posts tagged "Charlestown"
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6.9KCrime and ScandalThe Boston Irish Gang Wars Terrify a City
When a group of hoodlums decided to rent a cottage on Salisbury Beach for a Labor Day party in 1961, they set...
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5.4KMassachusettsStephen Moylan, the Irishman Who Coined “United States of America”
Stephen Moylan had a mostly distinguished career in the American Revolution. But it wasn’t his sword that kept him in the history...
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6.9KMassachusettsThe War of 1812 and How To Win When Outnumbered: Perspective
The past is a foreign country. Once upon a time I drove up through Maine and across the border into the wilds...
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23.7Kboston7 Fun Facts About the Boston Irish
George Washington famously acknowledge the Boston Irish on March 17, 1776, when he ordered new code words to pass through Continental Army...
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18.6K1Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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12.5K7Politics and MilitaryThe Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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