All posts tagged "nova scotia"
-
46.9K28Business and LaborThe Invention of the Fried Clam
On July 3, 1916, Lawrence ‘Chubby’ Woodman invented the fried clam – or at least as we know the revered mollusk today. It...
-
18.1K6MaineThe High Comedy of the (Bloodless) Aroostook War
If only all wars could be like the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute fought mostly with fists rather than cannon. The conflict featured...
-
8.4K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
-
8.8K4Arts 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...
-
14.4K19MassachusettsAcadians Refuse To Take a Loyalty Oath to the British King and Pay the Price
For nearly 40 years in the early 18th century, Acadian farmers in Canada refused orders to take an unconditional oath of loyalty...
-
7.7K14Business and LaborPaul Cuffe and the Back-to-Africa Movement
The Back-to-Africa movement began with a wealthy mixed-race Quaker named Paul Cuffe. He brought African-American Bostonians to a Sierra Leone colony in...
To Top
