All posts tagged "governors"
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20.6K18New HampshireWhen Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire
On Dec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth, N.H., to warn the redcoats were coming. It was a much less famous...
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9.6K9Flashback PhotosFranklin Roosevelt Celebrates Franksgiving, er, Thanksgiving
On Aug. 14, 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt invented a new holiday: Franksgiving. He did it by declaring Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the...
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16.7K9Arts and LeisureAnne Bradstreet, 1st Woman Poet in America
Anne Bradstreet wasn’t just the first woman to be published in England’s North American colonies. She was the first Englishwoman to publish...
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10.6K5Politics and MilitaryThe 1772 Gaspee Affair, Rhode Island’s Own Tea Party (But the Ship Burned) Part 2
To read Part 1 of this story about the Gaspee Affair, click here. Early in the morning of June 10, 1772, some...
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262.8K69Connecticut1816: The Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June...
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9.1K2MassachusettsThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment Waits 18 Months To Get Paid
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...
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