All posts tagged "Holden"
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5.5K2ConnecticutHorror Stories About Revolutionary Prisoners Inflame the Colonies
Late in 1776, the British army released thousands of revolutionary prisoners incarcerated in New York. Their condition – starving, diseased, near death...
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17.8K10MassachusettsHow the Slave Trade Took Root in New England
On Feb. 28, 1638, the slave trade probably began in New England when a ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay from the West...
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8.3K2New England PlacesSix French Place Names in Six New England States
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
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14.5K7Science and NatureThe Purple Fire Snowstorm of 1853 – 20 Minutes of Terror Downeast
A snowstorm raged for a full day in Downeast Maine on March 13, 1853, when at sundown the winds suddenly grew calm....
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19.9K9Flashback PhotosThe Worst Tornado in New England History Strikes Worcester, Mass.
The Worcester tornado of 1953 struck without warning and cut a swath of destruction, at times a mile wide, through a half-dozen...
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21.7K34Arts and LeisureClassic Movies Shot in New England, 13 Award-Winners
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last century and some have shot classic movies here....
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