All posts tagged "Norwich"
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13.3K9Arts and LeisureOpera Star Eileen Farrell Meets A Nice Irish Cop
Eileen Farrell spent five years starring on the Metropolitan Opera stage, but she was too salt-of-the earth to put up with the...
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17.3K26ConnecticutHow the Great Colchester Molasses Shortage Nearly Ruined Thanksgiving
Molasses played such a starring role in the colonial New England Thanksgiving that a shortage of it in 1705 forced Colchester, Conn.,...
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17.7K7Religion and Social MovementsDid Vampires Really Stalk New England Farm Families?
New England farmers in the 19th century fell prey to the belief that vampires stalked their families. They thought the dead rose...
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18.1K3IrregularsA Spy for a Spy: John Andre Hanged
On Oct. 2, 1780, British intelligence officer John Andre met his awful fate with courage, much as his American counterpart Nathan Hale...
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4.0KToday's History Highlights ArchiveCape Cod Canal and Troublesome Traitors in Today’s History Highlights – 8.28.2013
Today’s Flashback Photo is a picture of the dredge Governor Warfield working on the Cape Cod Canal in 1914. The Canal opened...
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17.5K13ConnecticutBlack Kings and Governors of New England
From about 1750 to 1850, New England had at least 31 elected black kings and governors, nearly all of them enslaved. They...
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