All posts tagged "Politics"
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16.3Kboston7 Fun Facts About the Boston Irish
George Washington famously acknowledge the Boston Irish on March 17, 1776, when he ordered new code words to pass through Continental Army...
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9.6K1MassachusettsHow Armenians Came to America, and What They’ll Never Forget
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most Armenians immigrated to New England for one horrific reason: genocide. It’s something the...
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33.2K12Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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37.4KBusiness and LaborThe Working Man’s Friend Who Busted the Hartford Newsies Strike
The New York-based strike, immortalized in the Disney film Newsies, succeeded in 1899. The Hartford newsies strike 10 years later did not...
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6.0KConnecticutA Pants-Free Preacher Starts a Bonfire of the Vanities in New London
In 1743, religious enthusiasts ignited a bonfire of the vanities on the docks of New London, Conn. Their deranged leader, James Davenport,...
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12.1K3Business and LaborThe First Shopping Mall in Each New England State
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
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