All posts tagged "Easter"
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17.9K2ConnecticutThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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12.9KMaineHow Maine’s High and Mighty Enoch Foster Met His Downfall
Born in 1839, Enoch Foster might well be the prototype for a Maine politician of his era. Graduated from both Bates and...
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25.1K3MassachusettsNew England’s Beloved Shipwreck, the Schooner Nancy
Life handed a shipwreck to the owner of the schooner Nancy during a storm off the New England coast in 1927. So...
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88.1K5MassachusettsPuritan Easter, or The Devil’s Holiday
John Winthrop famously wrote in his journal that the Arbella departed for the New World on Easter Monday – March 29, 1630....
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14.9K7MassachusettsIn 1685 Massachusetts Legalized Christmas, to Samuel Sewall’s Dismay
In 1685, a tolerant wind blew briefly through England when James II ascended to the throne. He ordered greater freedom for Roman...
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20.1K2MassachusettsThe Tragedy of Texas Tower No. 4
In the dark, early morning hours of Jan. 15, 1961, the little Navy vessel AKL-17 plowed through monster waves toward Texas Tower...
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