All posts tagged "New London CT"
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4.9KConnecticutThe New London Race Riots of 1919 Follow a Pandemic
The New London race riots broke out in 1919, a season of violence throughout the United States known as the Red Summer....
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12.4K4ConnecticutThe Six Oldest Courthouses in New England
Some of the oldest courthouses in New England have had revolutionaries argue cases in them. Patriots, heroes and traitors walked within their...
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37.9K7ConnecticutSix Revolutionary War Battlefields in New England
Revolutionary War battlefields abound in New England, where, after all, the whole thing began. The patriots fought the British in every colony...
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8.7K2New England PlacesNew England Places: Murderers, Mariners, Marriages and Windmills
When Salem, Mass. comes up in conversation, many historic topics come to mind. The infamous witch trials. The China trade. The House...
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26.0K6bostonThe Green Book Guides African-Americans to Safety in New England (and Elsewhere)
African-Americans driving through New England from the 1930s to the 1960s carried the Green Book to guide them to friendly hotels, restaurants...
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32.3K10Arts and LeisureTarzan Brown, The Narragansett Indian Who Twice Won the Boston Marathon
Minutes before the 1939 Boston Marathon, a Narragansett Indian named Tarzan Brown was seen eating hot dogs and drinking milkshakes. He wore...
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