All posts tagged "exeter NH"
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6.7KMassachusettsThe Ipswich Fright: Terror Strikes a Town Even When the British Aren’t Coming
In the days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a general panic seized the population around Boston. Would the British regulars...
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9.1KNew HampshireThe Portsmouth Fires That Turned the City to Brick
Three Portsmouth fires, all at Christmas, destroyed 500 buildings within a decade in the early 19th century. Miraculously, no one died in...
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19.0K10Arts and LeisureJohn Trumbull Gets a Few Things Wrong in His Famous Declaration of Independence Painting
Ten years after the American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull traveled the country in a carriage seeking out all...
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30.5K8Arts and LeisureSix Brutalist Buildings
Two of the most famous Brutalist buildings in America are still provoking strong emotions in New England decades after they first reared...
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19.7K8ConnecticutThe First Town Meeting Still Going in Six States
Town Meeting dates to the European settlement of New England, and it persists today in town halls, schools and auditoriums. Not to...
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58.0K6New HampshireWentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere
In the middle of December 1774, messengers on horseback carried news to the people of New Hampshire’s seacoast. Two British warships were...
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