All posts tagged "horses"
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10.6K5Arts and LeisureThe Boston Pops Orchestra Takes a Sleigh Ride
The much-loved Christmas song Sleigh Ride was written during an August heat wave for the Boston Pops Orchestra. It didn’t even have...
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9.3K3Business and LaborLewis Downing Conquers the West With the Concord Coach
The Concord Coach might have been called the Lexington Wagon had Lewis Downing decided against visiting his fiancee in New Hampshire. A...
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21.0K10Arts and LeisureThe Royal Rooters Win the World Series for the Red Sox With ‘Tessie’
The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 1903 with the musical help of a raucous fan club called the...
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17.7K13ConnecticutBlack Kings and Governors of New England
From about 1750 to 1850, New England had at least 31 elected black kings and governors, nearly all of them enslaved. They...
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13.8K2Business and LaborHow the Polaroid Camera Was Born at a Connecticut Boys Camp
The Polaroid Corporation, which once employed 21,000 people, got started in a Lebanon, Conn., boys camp in 1922. It happened when a...
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