All posts tagged "fires"
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26.7K8ConnecticutThe New England Dark Day, May 19, 1780
The New England Dark Day was the darkest day of the American Revolution – a day as dark as night, a day...
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13.8K1MassachusettsThe Great South End Grounds Fire of 1894
The Boston Beaneaters were playing the Baltimore Orioles at the South End Grounds on May 15, 1894, when a fan lit a cigar...
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9.2K4New HampshireTeddy Roosevelt Buries John Paul Jones — Again
The relentless self-promoter John Paul Jones would have loved his splendid second funeral at the U.S. Naval Academy, with President Theodore Roosevelt...
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10.5K22New HampshireJohn Wingate Weeks, the Improbable Savior of the White Mountain Forests
If you had to guess who saved the White Mountain forests from destruction, you probably wouldn’t come up with a politically ambitious...
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17.2K39MassachusettsThe Hope and Glory of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
In the middle of the Civil War, 1,007 African-American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment disembarked at Boston South Station with 37...
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35.4K18Arts and LeisureThe Mysterious Death of Newport Movie Mogul Thomas Ince
The death of Thomas Ince just after his 42nd birthday party was as legendary as some of the movies he produced. As...
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