All posts tagged "Lynn"
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84.8K34Business and LaborThe Revolutionary Roots of the Fluffernutter Sandwich
You can count the fluffernutter sandwich among Paul Revere’s many descendants along with Tony award-winning actress Anne Revere and Civil War Gen. Joseph...
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24.3K18Business and LaborThe Great New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860
The great shoemakers strike of 1860 began with 3,000 Lynn, Mass., shoe workers who deliberately chose George Washington‘s birthday to start their righteous rebellion....
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20.0K16MassachusettsThe Red, Black and White Men of Glover’s Regiment Take Washington Across the Delaware
John Glover’s Regiment of Marbleheaders accomplished an amazing feat on the night of Dec. 25, 1776. They ferried 2,400 men, plus horses and artillery,...
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12.7K4Arts and LeisureTenting Tonight: A Civil War Song Endures 150 Years Later
The beloved Civil War song Tenting Tonight captured the war-weariness of the homesick soldier, but it was written by a draftee who...
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17.5K13ConnecticutBlack 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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10.0K11ConnecticutMethodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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