All posts tagged "roosevelt"
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12.7K3MassachusettsMen in Drag: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...
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12.3K3Today's History Highlights ArchiveNeshobe Island, The Algonquin Round Table Summer Home in Vermont
During the 1920s and 1930s, rumors about the crazy doings on Neshobe Island flew through the resort hotels along Vermont’s Lake Bomoseen....
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11.3K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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9.0K2New England PlacesThe Rise and Fall of the New England Motel
The family-owned motel that flowered along New England’s roads after World War II has grown increasingly scarce. Today, there are one quarter...
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31.9K14ConnecticutSix Oldest Libraries in New England
Identifying New England’s oldest libraries is no easy task. In the early days of European settlement, book collections took many different forms....
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12.4K2Arts and LeisureThe Pet Names of Famous New Englanders
When the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower, they brought with them two dogs described as a spaniel and a mastiff....
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