All posts tagged "governor"
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5.0K2New 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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8.5K15MassachusettsFrances 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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8.6K24Arts 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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8.7K9Politics 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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14.8K39MassachusettsThe 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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25.3K31MassachusettsBenjamin Franklin Has A Teachable Moment With Cotton Mather
When Benjamin Franklin first returned to Boston in 1724 after a year in Philadelphia, he went to visit Cotton Mather. What is...
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