All posts tagged "Fairhaven Mass."
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16.9K4ConnecticutThe First Storm Chasers Track The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944
Just six years after the Great Hurricane of 1938 devastated New England, a storm of similar magnitude headed north from the Caribbean:...
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15.5K1Business and LaborNathaniel Palmer, Connecticut Mariner, Sort of Discovers Antarctica in 1820
On Feb. 6, 1821, young Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and the four-man crew aboard the Hero were becalmed in uncharted waters off Antarctica,...
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6.0K12MassachusettsFlashback Photo: The 1782 Sack of Lunenburg by America’s Pirate Navy
The sack of Lunenburg in 1782 was a spectacular example of the importance of America’s pirate navy to the Revolutionary War. During...
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