All posts tagged "Cornish NH"
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1.8KConnecticutWhen Teddy Roosevelt Barnstormed New England
In the fall of 1902, President Teddy Roosevelt barnstormed New England on behalf of Republican congressmen. He wanted as many elected as...
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8.1K1Arts and LeisureThe Massachusetts Camouflage School that Taught How To Razzle-Dazzle
In 1917, the U.S. government set up a camouflage school for women artists in Marshfield Hills, Mass. About five dozen women artists...
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43.8K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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7.1K7Arts and LeisureCatcher in the Rye Reaches Best-Seller List in 1951, Never Leaves
Catcher in the Rye, the hilarious and profane classic tale of adolescent alienation, begins with Holden Caulfield’s 951voice: If you really want...
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23.7K1ConnecticutPhilander Chase, Frontier Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Philander Chase brought the infant Episcopal Church to America’s frontier and founded one of the country’s finest liberal arts colleges in what...
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7.7K2MassachusettsThe Birds’ Best Friend: How Ernest Baynes Saved the Animals
Ernest Baynes was the closest thing New England, and the world for that matter, will ever get to a real-life Dr. Doolittle....
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