All posts tagged "New Hampshire"
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56.6K20Business and Labor6 of the Oldest Houses in New England
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
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32.1K3New HampshireJane Pierce, New Hampshire’s Unlikely First Lady
In January of 1856, a radical physician from Massachusetts, Charles Robinson, won election as governor of Kansas. President Franklin Pierce declared him...
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14.0K9Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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10.9K2New 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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14.2K3ConnecticutHappy St. Jean Baptiste Day! Live Free and Eat Poutine!
Many Americans view Bastille Day as the big French holiday, but for Franco-Americans from Canada it’s St. Jean Baptiste Day on June...
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27.2K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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