All posts tagged "lewiston"
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3.4K1ConnecticutNine New England Tax Resisters
Abolition, war and injustice have inspired tax resisters in New England since even before the American Revolution. And well after the American...
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19.1K6MassachusettsThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Triple Decker
In the years before World War I, New England’s iconic triple decker brought thousands of immigrants into the middle class. Triple deckers...
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5.2K5New England PlacesSix Autumn Paintings of New England (And How They Look Today)
New England’s fall foliage inspires so much imagery we were pretty sure we could find six autumn paintings of New England. Then...
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8.5K2MassachusettsThe Jimmy Fund Cures the Original Jimmy, But Did the Red Sox Know?
Einar Gustafson was a 12-year-old cancer patient who launched the Jimmy Fund in 1948 and then quietly succumbed to the disease. Or...
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11.7K3ConnecticutHappy St. Jean Baptiste Day! Live Free and Eat Poutine!
Many Americans view Bastille Day as the big French holiday, but for Franco-Americans from Canada it’s St. Jean Baptiste Day on June...
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22.9K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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17.0K8bostonThe 21 New England Colonial and State Capitals
New England cities and towns used to vie for colonial and state capitals the way they now court sports stadiums, with the...
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13.4K6Business and LaborThe Brunswick Children Strike the Cabot Mill
In the summer of 1881, eight-year-old children working in a Brunswick, Maine, textile mill found out eight-year-old children working in a Lewiston,...
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23.3K11ConnecticutPass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!
For many, many years, le reveillon was the way Franco-Americans ushered in New Year’s Day in New England’s Little Canadas. The reveillon...
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9.8K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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