All posts tagged "Portsmouth NH"
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13.4K14MassachusettsThe Heroic Last-Minute Rescue of the Old South Meeting House
Of all the dramatic events that took place at Boston’s Old South Meeting House, the battle to save it from destruction in...
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6.8K10Flashback PhotosThe School Garden Army Feeds a Hungry Nation During World War I
During World War I, hundreds of thousands of American children joined the U.S. School Garden Army and helped feed a hungry nation at...
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13.3K15Politics and MilitaryEat Like a President – The Founding Fathers’ Guide to New England Taverns
The first five U.S. presidents, the founding fathers, were all veteran travelers in New England. And in their travels, they left behind...
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17.4K18New HampshireWhen Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire
On Dec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth, N.H., to warn the redcoats were coming. It was a much less famous...
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13.1K7Politics and MilitaryMaine Timbers Shore Up the British Navy in 1666
There was nothing like a shipment of white pine Maine timbers from the New England colonies to cheer up a British Royal...
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6.7K3Arts and Leisure‘A Most Heavenly Night’ for Celia Thaxter
When Celia Thaxter realized her marriage wasn’t working, she moved back home – to a small archipelago off the coasts of Maine...
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