All posts tagged "Provincetown"
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4.4KMassachusettsThe Wreck of the Famine Ship St. John (According to Thoreau)
On Oct. 7, 1849, the brig St. John struck Grampus Ledge off the coast of Cohasset during a sudden and furious storm....
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53.1KCrime and ScandalThe Mayflower Love Children: Elinor, Jasper, Richard and Mary More
For centuries, historians thought the four young More children who arrived on the Mayflower were homeless orphans. Not until 1959 did a...
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16.5KMassachusettsThe Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857
The Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857 prostrated New England during the winter of 1856-57, one of the worst ever. Thirty-two...
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6.1KArts and LeisureDiscovery in the Attic: The Lost Work of Provincetown Artist Edith Lake Wilkinson
In 1924, someone packed a truck with the life work of Edith Lake Wilkinson – her woodblocks, prints, sketches and paintings. And...
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31.3K4Arts 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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21.7KArts and LeisureThe Jackie Kennedy White House Tour — A Smash TV Hit
On the evening of Feb. 14, 1962, 56 million Americans were riveted to their television sets, watching the Jackie Kennedy White House...
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