All posts tagged "public works"
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6.9K3New HampshireFitz John Porter Unfairly Blamed for Losing the Battle of Bull Run
Tucked away in Haven Park in Portsmouth, N.H. there is an impressive equestrian statue of Fitz John Porter in his Union Army...
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8.5K3ConnecticutHow the Puritans Raised New England Living Standards to the World’s Highest
New England living standards were higher than anyplace else in the world during much of the 17th and 18th centuries. By 1700,...
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13.9K1Arts and LeisureThe Mysterious Death of Cape Cod’s David Bacon
In September of 1943, witnesses saw David Bacon drive his sports car off a California highway and into a bean field. As...
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13.9K8ConnecticutThe First Town Meeting Still Going in Six States
Town Meeting dates to the European settlement of New England, and it persists today in town halls, schools and auditoriums. Not to...
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4.9K2Flashback PhotosBoston Holds a Water Celebration in 1848
On Oct. 25, 1848, a stream of water gushed from a fountain before 100,000 people assembled on Boston Common for the city’s...
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20.1K5New HampshireThe Tragic Love Affair of Former NH Gov. John Winant and Sarah Churchill
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Winant carried on a secret love affair with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter during World War II. It...
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21.0K14MassachusettsThe Heat Wave of 1896 Launches Teddy Roosevelt to the White House
When the heat wave of 1896 finally ended on Aug. 13, 1896, it left behind a record of suffering and death ‘long...
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17.9K17Crime and ScandalThe Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
On Jan. 15, 1919, an enormous molasses storage tank burst in Boston’s North End, and a 25-foot-high molasses flood surged through the streets...
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15.0K15Business and LaborThe Middlesex Canal, New England’s Incredible Ditch
The Middlesex Canal, now largely forgotten, was a 27-mile waterway that drove the industrialization of the Merrimack Valley for 50 years starting...
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