All posts tagged "Provincetown"
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17.5K3Arts and LeisureHow Ptown Got So Gay, Gay, Gay
Ptown, as so many know it, was once a shabby old seaport that had fallen on hard times. Yankees lived on one...
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6.3KArts and LeisureNorman Mailer Pans the Jackie Kennedy White House Tour
Three out of every four Americans watched the Jackie Kennedy White House tour on television on Feb. 14, 1962. During the broadcast,...
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5.9KBusiness and LaborThe Telegraph Hills of Massachusetts
Along the east coast of Massachusetts stretching from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard lies a series of Telegraph Hills. So named around 1801,...
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45.3K8Massachusetts15 Facts About the 1978 Blizzard
In Connecticut they called it ‘Storm Larry.’ But to anyone old enough to remember, the words ‘1978 blizzard’ conjure up some very...
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6.5K1MassachusettsBefore Thanksgiving, There Was Forefather’s Day
On one of the shortest days of the year, a group of Plymouth citizens will continue a 248-year-old tradition by celebrating Forefathers...
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23.9K10MassachusettsStephen Hopkins, Jamestown Settler, Mayflower Pilgrim – and Shakespeare Character?
Stephen Hopkins settled both Jamestown and Plymouth, and many believe Shakespeare based a character on him. Though he wasn’t among the first...
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5.6K5New England PlacesSix Autumn Paintings of New England (And How They Look Today)
New England’s fall foliage inspires so much imagery we were pretty sure we could find six autumn paintings of New England. Then...
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5.1K2Business and LaborThe New England Town Crier, Part Ad Man, Part Comedian
Jimmy Wilson, Boston’s town crier for 50 years, was loved by the city’s children, and was once paid to go around to...
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9.5K3New England PlacesThe New England Summer Theater — Six of the Oldest
Summer theater has been a feature of New England resort towns since a Maine entrepreneur started staging plays in a former skating...
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8.8K3Arts and LeisureWhy the Ghost of Eugene O’Neill Haunts a BU Dorm
Eugene O’Neill lay dying in Room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel in Boston just before Thanksgiving in 1953. For years he had...
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