All posts tagged "DAR"
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10.0KPolitics and MilitaryThe Providence Tea Party: On Dry Land, in Daylight and Thrown By Women
Rhode Island patriots had no more love for tea than did their allies in Boston, and on March 2, 1775, they threw...
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13.3K1MaineThe Battle of Margaretta, When Pitchforks Beat the British Navy
The Battle of Margaretta, by today’s standards, was really more of a skirmish: a sailing vessel with four guns attacked by woodsmen...
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8.4K10ConnecticutMarian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial
It was one of the most extraordinary concerts in history. Marian Anderson sang before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial on April...
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12.4K9ConnecticutMabel Osgood Wright: The Bird Woman of Fairfield, Connecticut
Mabel Osgood Wright loved nature and wanted to study science at Cornell University, but her father thought her ambition unseemly. It was...
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