All posts tagged "health"
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2.4KConnecticutCalorie Counting Gets Its Start in Connecticut
For most of human history food was something you found or grew and then gladly ate to stay alive. There was little...
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5.5K1Politics and MilitaryLoyalists and Patriots: Mary Munro Sent Packing to Canada During the Revolution
During the American Revolution, Vermont was a battleground that pitted loyalists and patriots against each other, not just on the battlefield but...
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5.8K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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7.0K2Arts and LeisureGrizzly Adams, Boston Shoemaker, Driven to the Mountains by Lawyers
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
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7.6K6Politics and MilitaryThe Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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4.4K1MassachusettsLouis Brandeis Celebrates Hanukkah in 1915
Louis Brandeis during Hanukkah in 1915 delivered a message to the Zionists of America that described the holiday as a celebration of...
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