All posts tagged "governor"
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39.2K22ConnecticutThe 1936 Flood That Engulfed New England
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...
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19.1K21MassachusettsBefore the Famine Ships, The Irish Made Their Mark in New England
When the Irish famine ships arrived in Boston in the 1840s, tens if not hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Ireland already...
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6.1K2New HampshireThe Presidential Primary That Put New Hampshire on the Map
The New Hampshire Presidential Primary might not rank as a crucial early testing ground today were it not for three things. First,...
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10.1K15MassachusettsFrances Perkins Works for God, FDR and the Common Workingman
Frances Perkins was having tea with her friend, Mrs. Gordon Norris, in New York City, on the afternoon of March 25, 1911, when...
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10.3K24Arts and LeisureGeorge M. Cohan, Way More Than A Song-and-Dance Man
George M. Cohan at 22 years old produced a Broadway play that injected American theatre with something new: energy and speed. Called...
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10.7K9Politics and MilitaryMatthew Lyon, Vermont’s Spitting Irishman
Much about Matthew Lyon of Fair Haven, Vt., is unclear, but one thing is certain. He started the first congressional brawl on...
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