All posts tagged "Providence RI."
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35.9K4Crime and ScandalMaurice Lerner, the Brookline Mobster Hired To Kill Fidel Castro
Maurice Lerner grew up in Brookline, Mass., and as a young man he was astute, polite and athletic. His athletic prowess landed...
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18.9K4Business and LaborPasta la Vista – F.P. Ventrone Sparks the Providence Macaroni Riots
The summer of 1914 was a flashpoint for the Italian immigrant families in Providence, R.I. Squeezed on one side by an economic...
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16.5K4Politics and MilitaryRoger Williams Pardoned in Massachusetts but Doesn’t Return
In 1936 Rhode Island planned to celebrate its Tercentenary. It seemed only fitting that the state should get its founder out of...
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29.1K9bostonThe 6 Oldest Public High Schools in New England
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...
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32.4K9ConnecticutSix 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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27.1K4Crime and ScandalThe Tragedy of Audrey Munson, America’s First Supermodel
Though her modeling career ended by 1922, you can still see the image of Audrey Munson in museums from Hartford to San...
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