All posts tagged "Newburyport"
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14.5K4New England PlacesThe Six Oldest Synagogues in New England
The oldest synagogues in New England were built well after the first Jewish settlers arrived. Touro Synagogue, the only surviving synagogue from...
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15.3K9New England PlacesSix Canals That Built New England
In 1803, one of the first New England canals made Boston the undisputed commercial center of New England. Called ‘the Incredible Ditch,’...
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26.5K7Massachusetts7 Fun Facts About John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams swam naked in the Potomac, kept an alligator in the White House and won freedom for Africans who mutinied...
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15.0K1Arts and LeisureYankee Troubadour Jonathan Plummer – The First Massachusetts Poet Laureate
There has never been an official Massachusetts poet laureate, but there certainly was an unofficial one. Jonathan Plummer of Newburyport, while not...
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13.2K2Connecticut12 Fascinating Facts About Independence Day
Independence Day from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannon fire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...
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8.5K1bostonJean-Louis Cheverus, the Catholic Priest Even the Puritans Liked
Boston, today that most Catholic of American cities, had no Catholic church within 300 miles when Father Jean-Louis Lefebvre Cheverus arrived in...
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