All posts tagged "roosevelt"
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30.4K13ConnecticutSix 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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11.4K2Arts 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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41.1K35bostonA Brief History of the Boston Brahmin
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill....
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22.9K8ConnecticutP.T. Barnum’s Grandson, Herbert Barnum Seeley, Throws the Greatest Bachelor Party on Earth
Herbert Barnum Seeley inherited a large portion of his grandfather P.T. Barnum’s estate, but none of his common sense. In December of...
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19.8K6MassachusettsTed Williams, The First Latin American Superstar
Few people knew Red Sox great Ted Williams had Mexican ancestry. That’s because he didn’t tell them. Teddy Samuel Williams was born...
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18.3K2Connecticut6 Places That Became a Summer White House
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
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53.6K20Business and Labor6 of the Oldest Houses in New England
To make a claim for the oldest houses in New England inevitably invites controversy. The region has plenty of very old houses,...
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12.7K8Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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11.0K3Crime and ScandalFiction Becomes Fact – Murder on the Herbert Fuller
In July 1896, the Herbert Fuller put to sea from Boston with 11 people on board. The barkentine was loaded with lumber,...
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6.7K3Arts and LeisureEdie Sedgwick, Poor Little Rich Girl
. In 1965, Edie Sedgwick appeared in one of Andy Warhol’s underground films in 1965 and said, “I’ve never been anywhere where...
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