All posts tagged "Cranston"
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6.7KPolitics and MilitarySamuel Cranston, Rhode Island’s 30-Term Governor
Rhode Island’s Governor Samuel Cranston won election as Rhode Island’s governor 30 times, twice in one year. No other governor surpassed Cranston’s...
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9.5KRhode IslandHow the Quahog Became a Rhode Island Icon
If you know anything about Rhode Island, you know the quahog is sacred and peculiar to America’s smallest and wateriest state. But...
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7.5KBusiness and LaborSix New England Places To Learn About Irish History
Outside of Ireland, New England may be one of the best places to explore Irish history. After all, many people of Irish...
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4.8KPolitics and MilitaryIsrael Potter, Revolutionary POW, Hobnobs in Europe With a King and 2 Founding Fathers
Israel Potter, a Revolutionary War POW, spent 50 years in exile in England, where he met King George III, Benjamin Franklin and...
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24.6KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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8.1K3ConnecticutThe Revolutionary Holidays You May or May Not Celebrate
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
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