All posts tagged "dogs"
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22.3K2Arts and LeisureSix Iconic Paintings From the New England States
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
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12.4K2MaineJacataqua, the Indian Sachem Who Bore Aaron Burr’s Love Child
Jacataqua, the story goes, fell in love with Aaron Burr when she first laid eyes on him in 1775. She was the...
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14.5KMassachusetts5 People Who Threw Shade on George Washington
George Washington possessed a unique set of qualities that inspired the people of 13 British colonies to create a new country. He...
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65.3K10MassachusettsRemembering the 1978 Blizzard
In Connecticut they called it ‘Storm Larry.’ But to anyone old enough to remember, the words ‘1978 blizzard’ conjure up some very...
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12.1K2ConnecticutHiram Bingham, Connecticut’s Indiana Jones, Stumbles onto Machu Picchu
In July of 1911, Hiram Bingham raced to climb to the top of South America’s tallest mountain before a 60-year-old schoolteacher named...
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20.1K1Science and Nature7 Strange Things New Englanders Did During the Dog Days of Summer
Dogs were said to go mad during the dog days of summer, and New Englanders have certainly done strange things in the...
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