All posts tagged "migration"
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8.4K3members onlyWeather History of New England – Six Storms that Changed Our World
Weather history often shapes our lives in ways we can’t imagine. But for storms of 1746, the French, under leadership of Duc...
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24.2K7MassachusettsFrom the Biblical to the Bizarre: Puritan Names
Puritans considered child-rearing one of their most important duties in life, and it began with the name given to the newborn. Puritan...
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39.4K13ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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25.4K13bostonA Poorhouse in Each New England State
The poorhouse was once a very real and often feared part of life in New England. Poorhouses evolved from the English poor...
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7.4K5MassachusettsYoung John Adams Struggles With School, Vexes His Parents
Young John Adams frustrated his pious father and vexed his hot-tempered mother with his dislike of school and love of the outdoors....
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10.4K2New HampshireThe NH Man Who Invented Old Home Days
June marks the start of Old Home Days season not just in New England, but throughout the United States, in Canada and...
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