All posts tagged "roosevelt"
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36.3K22ConnecticutThe 1936 Flood That Engulfed New England
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...
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30.4K30Arts and LeisureTeddy Roosevelt Humiliates Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss lived much of his life in California and New York, but never really left Springfield, Mass., where he was born...
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8.8K15MassachusettsFrances Perkins Works for God, FDR and the Common Workingman
Frances Perkins was having tea with her friend, Mrs. Gordon Norris, in New York City, on the afternoon of March 25, 1911, when...
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8.8K24Arts and LeisureGeorge M. Cohan, Way More Than A Song-and-Dance Man
George M. Cohan at 22 years old produced a Broadway play that injected American theatre with something new: energy and speed. Called...
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15.6K15VermontFour Freedoms Didn’t Come Easy for Norman Rockwell
In May 1942, Norman Rockwell stopped by a drab bureaucrat’s office in the Pentagon and learned of the urgent need for images...
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5.8K4Business and LaborHorace Vose, the RI Turkey Farmer Who Fed 11 Presidents on Thanksgiving
Horace Vose, a ]Westerly, R.I., turkey farmer, sent his turkeys to 11 presidents for four decades of Thanksgiving dinners and drama. Every...
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