All posts tagged "Quincy Mass."
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14.4K4MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams Grieves for His Mother, Abigail Adams
On Nov. 1, 1818, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, 51, was dreading news about his mother, Abigail Adams, even as he...
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5.9K3Business and LaborThe Clipper Ship That Built the Sailors Snug Harbor
The weatherbeaten old tars who found refuge in the Sailors Snug Harbor in Quincy, Mass., owed some of their comfortable retirement to...
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11.1K17Arts and LeisureThe July 3rd Bonfire Craze of the Early 20th Century
Setting a bonfire in celebrationswas a longstanding New England tradition. In Boston, bonfires lit up Pope Night and the celebration of the...
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13.7K25MassachusettsJFK Born In Brookline, May 29, 1917
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy came into the world, his family was not yet wealthy and glamorous, and it hadn’t yet been plagued...
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7.2K2Flashback PhotosFlashback Photo: The USS Massachusetts During a Lull in the Battle of Casablanca
The photo below shows the deck of the USS Massachusetts during a lull in the Battle of Casablanca in the middle of World...
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38.3K22MassachusettsThe Puritans Ban Gambling and a Whole Lot of Other Things
The Puritans had barely arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony when they banned gambling. And then they banned a lot of other...
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