All posts tagged "Lynn"
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7.6K2ConnecticutSamuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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23.3K12Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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4.6KMassachusettsMario Buda, The Other Boston Bomber
On Sept. 16, 1920, an Italian immigrant named Mario Buda parked his horse-drawn wagon across from J.P. Morgan and Co. and down...
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8.1KMassachusettsSeven Fun Facts About Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass rose from slavery in the South to international prominence as a writer, orator and anti-slavery activist. He didn’t spend a...
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11.2K1MaineThe Malta War Pitted Maine Against Massachusetts
The Malta War was the name given to the fighting that broke out in 1809 in Maine’s Kennebec County. At that time,...
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10.5K3Business and LaborGirl Power: The 1824 Factory Strike in America
America’s first factory strike happened just 30 years after America’s first successful textile mill started churning out cotton cloth in Pawtucket, R.I....
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