All posts tagged "Newport"
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10.4K2Arts and LeisureNew England’s Six Oldest Golf Clubs
In 1728, Royal Governor William Dummer arrived in Massachusetts with nine ‘goffe clubs,’ but it would be another 150 years before golf...
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6.2KNew England PlacesSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some remember them with parades and...
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12.1K1MaineJoseph Orono, The Blue Eyed Indian Who Helped the Revolutionary Cause
The Penobscot sachem Joseph Orono died in 1801, too early to know about his consolation prize for losing his people’s land to...
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9.8K1Arts and LeisureThe Willey Family Tragedy and a Painting Create White Mountain Tourism
When the Samuel Willey family moved to Crawford Notch in 1825, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that turned...
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14.5K9MassachusettsHow the Slave Trade Took Root in New England
On Feb. 28, 1638, the slave trade probably began in New England when a ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay from the West...
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10.5K4New England PlacesSix Presidential Houses in New England
Before presidential libraries, there were presidential houses, and every New England state has at least one. Massachusetts, of course, was the birthplace...
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7.2KNew England PlacesSix Historic Love Nests
In honor of Valentines Day, the New England Historical Society chose to highlight six love nests. Love nests can be lavish mansions...
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4.2KRhode IslandGeorge Berkeley, World-Famous Philosopher, Moves to RI in 1729
Bishop George Berkeley was a world famous Anglo-Irish philosopher by the time he stepped onto dry land in Newport, R.I., on Jan. 23, 1729....
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9.1K9New England PlacesSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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5.0K2Business and LaborFire, Fury, Murder and More – Tales from the Roger Mowry Tavern
Roger Mowry started life in England and came to Boston in 1631 at about the age of 20. He moved around a...
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