All posts tagged "Cold War"
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4.8KBusiness and LaborThe Rise and Fall of the Fore River Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard started out as a farm in East Braintree, Mass., when Thomas Watson bought it. Watson had loaned money...
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11.0K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA’s deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
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4.7K11ConnecticutAl Marder, The Oldest Living Communist Victim of the Red Scare
Al Marder at 94 years old is a World War II veteran, president of the Amistad Committee, chairman of Connecticut’s Freedom Trail...
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12.5K2MassachusettsThe Tragedy of Texas Tower No. 4
In the dark, early morning hours of Jan. 15, 1961, the little Navy vessel AKL-17 plowed through monster waves toward Texas Tower...
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7.2K8MassachusettsNo, John F. Kennedy Did Not Say ‘I Am a Jelly Doughnut’
Critics of President John F. Kennedy claimed his eloquent 1963 speech before 400,000 people in West Berlin included an embarrassing gaffe. When...
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17.3K51MassachusettsThe Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965
At dusk on Nov. 9, 1965, 11-year-old Jay Hounsell was walking down the road in Conway, N.H. He was on his way...
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