All posts tagged "Quincy Mass."
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5.6K1Business and LaborThe Rise and Fall of the Fore River Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard started out as a farm in East Braintree, Mass., when Thomas Watson bought it. Watson had loaned money...
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6.2K1MassachusettsCharles Francis Adams Remembers Two Presidents
Charles Francis Adams was born with an advantage that allowed him to become one of the finest historians of his age: He...
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78.4K13ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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7.6K5MassachusettsYoung John Adams Struggles With School, Vexes His Parents
Young John Adams frustrated his pious father and vexed his hot-tempered mother with his dislike of school and love of the outdoors....
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6.7K2Arts and LeisureAl Capp Invents Sadie Hawkins Day — Sort Of
Centuries before Al Capp started the Sadie Hawkins Day fad in his Li’l Abner comic strip, women in Scotland and Ireland asked...
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3.5K2Business and LaborAnother Day of Infamy: Airing of the First TV Commercial
On Dec. 7, 1930, what is believed to be the world’s first TV commercial was aired from a primitive television station on...
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