All posts tagged "flags"
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4.4K2MassachusettsThe Bombshell That Tested 2 Friends: Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox and Alexander Hamilton formed a close, lifetime friendship during the American Revolution. But during the Siege of Yorktown, Alexander Hamilton...
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7.3KMassachusettsThe John Rutledge Shipwreck: A Horrifying Ordeal and One Miraculous Survival
Just after midnight on Feb. 20, 1856, the first mate of the packet ship John Rutledge began scratching out quick log entries....
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11.3K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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6.2KArts and LeisureRufus Porter, the Folk Artist Who Founded Scientific American Magazine
Rufus Porter left his mark on early New England homes with stencils on their walls and Scientific American on the coffee table....
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3.7KMassachusettsJohn Endecott and the Politics of the First Massachusetts Flag
In 1634, John Endecott and Roger Williams agreed on one thing. The first Massachusetts flag had to be changed. Endecott, of Salem,...
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6.1K10New England PlacesLittle Italy in New England: Some Lost, Some Thriving
Shortly after the American Civil War, a new kind of neighborhood emerged in New England cities: a Little Italy. They were poor,...
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4.2KPolitics and MilitaryValcour Island – America’s Victorious Defeat on Lake Champlain
On October 11, 1776, British military forces finally drove the American military from Lake Champlain at the Battle of Valcour Island. Connecticut’s...
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5.9K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveA Vermont School Rebuilds From the 1927 Flood — With Pennies
A little Vermont schoolhouse washed away in the 1927 flood became an inspiring symbol of the state’s resilience when schoolchildren around the...
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32.5K7Connecticut6 Tallest Trees in New England
Once New England had the greatest forests and the tallest trees in the world. They were a major attraction for English colonists...
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4.5KConnecticutThe Tungsten Light Bulb Scandal of 1908
John Allen Heany managed to fool some of the people with his tungsten light bulb, but he couldn’t fool General Electric. In...
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