All posts tagged "Cranston RI"
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5.1KBusiness and LaborHow the Irish Immigrants Came to New England
In 1718, five ships from Ulster arrived in Boston Harbor. Their passengers, Scots-Irish immigrants, came at the invitation of the Puritan leaders...
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8.8KArts and LeisureThe Story of Love Story: How Erich Segal Won Fame and Lost a Career
Before he wrote Love Story in 1968, Professor Erich Segal was a star on Yale’s campus. Not because he taught ancient Greek...
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6.7KConnecticutThe 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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9.0KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, anyone who walked into a New England tavern and ordered a beer probably got a Narragansett....
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47.1K9Arts and LeisureHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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30.0K2Arts and LeisureYogi Berra Hits His Way Through New England (Under a Fake Name)
Yogi Berra might never have starred for the New York Yankees had he not talked his way onto the Navy team based...
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