All posts tagged "Farmington Conn."
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9.0K4ConnecticutThe Lusitania Survivor Who Founded Hill-Stead Museum
Lusitania survivor Theodate Pope was given up for dead when rescuers pulled her inert body from the Irish Sea with boat hooks....
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29.5K9Connecticut6 Stops on the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who hid fugitives from slavery in their homes during the day. At night they...
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14.3KPolitics and MilitaryJacqueline Bouvier Comes of Age in New England
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the First Lady renowned for her poise and style, floundered through her adolescence, uncertain about what to do with...
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27.4K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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