All posts tagged "Lexington"
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12.1K8Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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12.1K9Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Nathanael Greene – the Limping Quaker Who Won the Revolution
Nathanael Greene had asthma, walked with a pronounced limp and belonged to the pacifist Quaker religion. None of that stopped him from...
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7.4K2ConnecticutThe Trumbull Store, Where George Washington Did His Shopping
When Gen. George Washington needed men, food, cannon or gunpowder for his army, he could usually get it at the Trumbull store...
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9.0K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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18.7K1Arts and LeisureA Short History of Scrabble (and Some Fun Scrabble Facts)
Starting in 1938, every single giant toymaker in the United States rejected Alfred Butts’ idea for a new word game. All, that...
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7.1K1MassachusettsTiny Militia Captures Crew of Huge British Warship HMS Somerset
In one of the most remarkable engagements of the American Revolution, the tiny militia of Truro captured more than 400 sailors and...
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5.5K9Crime and ScandalCharles Ponzi, The Financial Idiot Who Drove Boston Money Mad in 1920
Charles Ponzi in his office. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.Charles Ponzi sent Bostonians into such a frenzy over his...
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5656MassachusettsAlexander Scammell, the Lovesick Revolutionary War Hero
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
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Seabiscuit Takes His First Step to Fame at Suffolk Downs
Seabiscuit, the knock-kneed little horse with the big heart, met the man who made him a champion at Suffolk Downs Race Course...
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12.8K4ConnecticutAt Half His Age, Sybil Ludington Rode Twice as Far as Paul Revere (But for the Same Reason)
Like Paul Revere, Sybil Ludington took a midnight ride to warn American patriots the redcoats were coming. They were coming to Danbury,...
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