All posts tagged "Massachusetts Statehouse"
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11.7KArts and Leisure7 Fun Facts About the Trapp Family, Before & After The Sound of Music
There’s a lot more to the Trapp Family Singers than you’ll find in The Sound of Music, one of the most beloved...
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5.8K1Crime and ScandalA Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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18.2K3bostonA City Upon a Hill: JFK Cribs From John Winthrop
John Winthrop was not a minister, but he preached a sermon to his Puritan followers on July 2, 1630 that went down...
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9.1K2MassachusettsThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment Waits 18 Months To Get Paid
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...
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51.0K9Arts and LeisureEdward Payson Weston: King of the Peds
Edward Payson Weston became one of the most well-known celebrities of the Victorian Age by … walking. He was born on March...
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9.4K9Business and LaborRing Them Revere Bells
Only by accident did Paul Revere at 57 years old get into the business of casting bells. He’d had some experience with...
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