All posts tagged "Nahant Mass."
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2.0KConnecticutWhen Teddy Roosevelt Barnstormed New England
In the fall of 1902, President Teddy Roosevelt barnstormed New England on behalf of Republican congressmen. He wanted as many elected as...
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99.0K56ConnecticutThe 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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11.5KArts and LeisureMaurice Prendergast Paints New England at Play
The much-loved American artist Maurice Prendergast once wrote in his notebook, Art is the great stimulus of life -I find it year...
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15.5K1Arts and LeisureEleonora Sears, Brahmin Bad Girl on the Tennis Courts (and Polo Field and Squash Court…)
Eleonora Sears pioneered women’s sports in the way only a Boston blueblood could. When she took up long-distance walking from Boston to...
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8.1K1Crime and ScandalDerby, Vt., Harbors a Wealthy Kidnapper and Her Son, Allen Thorndike Rice
In 1860, wealthy kidnapper Elizabeth Thorndike Rice hid in Derby, Vt., with her son as her abusive ex-husband tried to find them....
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8.0K1Crime and ScandalHenry Cabot Lodge–Statesman, Historian and Witness to a Kidnapping
One day in 1860, Henry Cabot Lodge was sitting on the porch of the little school he attended in Nahant, Mass., when...
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