All posts tagged "protest"
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12.2K3MassachusettsMen in Drag: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...
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5.0K4Massachusetts6 Famous Franco-American Writers from New England
Let’s face it, Franco-American writers never receive their due. They tend to get pigeonholed as regional writers, and they can’t take advantage...
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15.2K1MassachusettsThe 18 Patriots Condemned to Death – Who Wouldn’t Die
Shortly before the American Revolution broke out, an item appeared in a Boston newspaper identifying 18 patriots condemned to death. On Sept....
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10.6K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 Richard Bissell was named the CIA’s deputy director for plans. It was an unusual selection. Bissell was replacing a man,...
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5.3K1Crime and ScandalJ.J. Van Alen Finds a Wife — But Not His Own
J.J. Van Alen served as a lightning rod for controversy his whole life. But never more so than when he took up...
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10.7KConnecticutIn 1674 the Connecticut Rogerenes Test the Limits of Religious Freedom
The Rogerenes were an unusual group of religious dissenters formed in New London, Conn. in the late 1600s. They were named for...
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12.9K1Massachusetts11 Forgotten Facts About James Otis, the Revolutionary Who Went Insane
James Otis made taxation without representation a cause of the American Revolution, but when war broke out he had pretty much disappeared...
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9.0KMassachusettsWilliam Apess Leads the Bloodless Mashpee Revolt of 1833
William Apess was the perfect person to lead the nonviolent Mashpee Revolt of 1833, an uprising against the Massachusetts government. The commonwealth...
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25.8K9ConnecticutSix Military Routes Used During the American Revolution
You could do worse than look at fall foliage along old military routes in New England. Some of them, originally Indian trails,...
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5.0K4ConnecticutThe Glastonbury Cows and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
In the early days of the fight for women’s voting rights, Connecticut’s Glastonbury cows were the stars of the show. In June...
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