All posts tagged "heroes"
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24.8K7IrregularsNew England’s Six Wealthiest Towns (And How They Got That Way)
The wealthiest towns in each New England state all have good schools, beautiful homes and well-preserved historic districts. They are also, unsurprisingly,...
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5.6K2Politics and MilitaryEighty-year-old Captain David Perry Recalls a Simple Soldier’s Life
In 1821, Revoltionary War Captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
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4.4K1Historic TailsThe USS Kearasarge Launched at Portsmouth to Slay the Alabama
In 1862, the Confederate Naval vessel CSS Alabama was the scourge of the seas. Just over a year into the Civil War...
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6.4KNew England PlacesSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some remember them with parades and...
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4.3KNew England PlacesSix Courageous Heroes From New England
Not all courageous heroes receive their due on Veterans or any other day. So many sacrifices have gone unheralded, so many men...
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6.2K30New England PlacesSix New England Places With a Unique Name
The early English and Scots-Irish settlers tended not to give a new settlement a unique name. Many New England place names came...
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14.2K4Arts and LeisureThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and John Adams are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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7.4K1Business and LaborMichael Donlon Dies A Heroes Death – Far From Home
It was a lucky day for Malvina Gauthier and her daughter Delcina when Michael Donlon decided to leave behind his native Ireland...
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7.2K5Arts and LeisureThe Many Loves of Henry Tufts: Original Colonial Badboy
Few criminals built a record as long or as celebrated as Henry Tufts. While history of the colonial era tends to focus...
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20.3K12Business and LaborHow the Polish Immigrants Came to New England
Before Polish immigrants arrived in New England they had already made it to the Jamestown colony in Virginia as craftsmen. Over the...
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