All posts tagged "military maneuvers"
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3.0KMassachusettsThe Ipswich Fright: Terror Strikes a Town Even When the British Aren’t Coming
In the days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a general panic seized the population around Boston. Would the British regulars...
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2.2KMassachusettsGeorge Dilboy, Greek Lad, Wipes Out a German Machine Gun Nest
Gen. John Pershing called him one of the 10 greatest heroes of World War I. The City of Somerville, Mass., remembers him...
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2.5KConnecticutBenedict Arnold’s Treason Unmasked to Washington—in Arnold’s Own House
George Washington learned about Benedict Arnold’s treason while staying at Benedict Arnold’s house near West Point. He wondered why Arnold, his best...
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4.4KMassachusettsMyles Standish and the Lost Colony of Massachusetts
In March 1623, leaders of the struggling Plymouth Plantation dispatched their paid military leader Myles Standish to a coastal settlement 25 miles...
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4.0KMassachusettsAgrippa Hull, Race Under British Rule
After decades of neglect the common burial grounds of slaves are now being documented, honored and preserved from New York to Mississippi...
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3.9KConnecticutJoseph Brant, Mohawk Leader, Goes to Dartmouth (Before It Was Dartmouth)
On Aug. 1, 1761, three teenaged Mohawk boys arrived on horseback at Moor’s Charity School in Lebanon (now Columbia), Conn. Two, Nickus...
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