All posts tagged "Newport"
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54.8K61ConnecticutHurricane Carol, So Deadly Her Name Was Retired
Hurricane Carol, one of the worst to hit New England, was so ferocious the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retired the name...
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5.4KFlashback PhotosFlashback Photo: 10 Suffragists Arrested in Front of the White House, Aug. 28, 1917
Ten suffragists were arrested for picketing in front of the White House for the right to vote on Aug. 28, 1917. It...
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6.0K6Religion and Social MovementsGeorge Washington to Newport’s Touro Synagogue – ‘No assistance to persecution’
In 1790, one of the oldest Jewish communities in America lived in Newport, R.I. It had established the Touro Synagogue 27 years...
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15.8K4Arts and LeisureHow Rhode Island’s Lizzie Murphy Played Major League Baseball in 1922
Lizzie Murphy didn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Even as a little kid, when the boys told her she was too small...
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11.4K4Arts and LeisureThe Other Alexander Hamilton Visits Newport, 1744
In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton took a long trip to New England for his health. Given the rigors of travel in those...
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27.0K15Politics and MilitaryThe 1772 Gaspee Affair, Rhode Island’s Own Tea Party (But the Ship Burned), Part 1
The real first shot of the American Revolution may have been fired at the HMS Gaspee, a British customs schooner, on Narragansett Bay in...
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