All posts tagged "New Haven"
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2.2KConnecticutNew Haven’s Center Church Crypt, the Puritan City of the Dead
In the basement of an old Congregational church on New Haven Green lies a small city of the dead. One hundred thirty...
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3.9KArts and LeisureSt. Martin-in-the-Fields, the London Model for the New England Meetinghouse
New Englanders visiting Trafalger Square in London often get a shock when they see the façade of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The famous parish...
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3.9KBusiness and LaborCrazy Henry Baldwin, the Mentally Ill Supreme Court Justice
In the history of the United States, only 120 people have served on the Supreme Court. Some suffered from mental illness. Henry...
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7.3KBusiness and LaborA.C. Gilbert, The Man Who Saved Christmas (and Invented the Erector Set)
In 1918, America was at war. The country needed to devote all of its industrial might to victory in Europe. A war...
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5.5KArts and LeisureSamuel Morse Paints 38 Masterpieces (And Then Invents the Telegraph)
Samuel Morse as a young man wanted nothing more than to be an artist, an aspiration upon which his Puritan parents frowned....
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3.8KConnecticutJames Covey, African Sailor, Helps the Amistad Captives to Freedom
In 1839, a young black sailor named James Covey held the key to freedom for 53 Africans who appeared in a Spanish...
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