All posts tagged "MA"
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6.9KArts and LeisureFrederick Tuckerman, the Man Who Would Be Emily Dickinson
If Frederick Tuckerman had been born a woman, you might think he was Emily Dickinson’s twin. Like Emily, Frederick Tuckerman came from...
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72.9K19MassachusettsHow Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
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18.7K4Crime and ScandalThe Tragedy of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel
You can still see the image of Audrey Munson in museums from Hartford to San Francisco. A statue of her, America’s first...
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20.4K1Business and LaborThe Return of ZaRex
Generations of New Englanders grew up on ZaRex, a sweet fruity syrup they could make into a drink, into snow cones or...
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7.1K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
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6.4K21MassachusettsMaria Mitchell Discovers Her Very Own Comet
On a clear autumn night in 1847, 29-year-old Maria Mitchell climbed to the roof of the Pacific National Bank on Nantucket and...
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