All posts tagged "Eisenhower"
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6.1KArts and LeisureNorman Mailer Pans the Jackie Kennedy White House Tour
Three out of every four Americans watched the Jackie Kennedy White House tour on television on Feb. 14, 1962. During the broadcast,...
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7.7KNew England PlacesSix Historic Gardens
Historic gardens have a special appeal to New Englanders if only because of our harsh winters and long dreary springs. Though they...
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11.5K4New England PlacesSix Presidential Houses in New England
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
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10.3K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA’s deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
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9.4K9ConnecticutCranky Civil War Veterans Return to New England
In May 1865, shortly after the war ended, the Civil War veterans of the North marched through the streets of Washington in...
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17.8K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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19.5K5New HampshireThe Tragic Love Affair of Former NH Gov. John Winant and Sarah Churchill
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
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7.0K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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49.5K54MassachusettsNorman Cota, Overlooked Hero of D-Day (And the Next)
Norman Cota may have been the oldest soldier to set foot on Omaha Beach on D-Day. He was certainly the baddest. His...
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7.8K2Business and LaborHow the Polaroid Camera Was Born at a Connecticut Boys Camp
The Polaroid Corporation was born in a Lebanon, Conn., boys camp in 1922 when a teacher showed a 13-year-old how to take...
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