All posts tagged "Marblehead"
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7.7KNew England PlacesSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some remember them with parades and...
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10.2KCrime and ScandalPhilip Ashton Escapes Pirates and Miraculously Survives on a Deserted Island
Philip Ashton, a 19-year-old fisherman, escaped captivity by the vicious pirate Edward Low on a remote Caribbean island. For 16 months he...
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13.4KMassachusettsThe High Tide Storm of 1723: ‘Ye Mightyest Overflowing of Ye Sea’
During the High Tide Storm of 1723, the waters rose so high and so fast that worshipers were marooned in their meeting...
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15.4K4New England PlacesSix Presidential Houses in New England
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
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55.0K10MassachusettsRemembering the 1978 Blizzard
In Connecticut they called it ‘Storm Larry.’ But to anyone old enough to remember, the words ‘1978 blizzard’ conjure up some very...
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13.8K10New England PlacesSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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