All posts tagged "Salem Mass."
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7.0KArts and LeisureNew England in Early Film
A century before the film Manchester by the Sea was nominated for six Academy Awards, New England played many a starring role on...
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65.4K6Arts and LeisureSalem Chop Suey Sandwiches, A Sign of Summer
Chop suey sandwiches have marked the beginning of summer for generations of people who grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts....
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6.7K3Arts and LeisureWilliam Wetmore Story Tries To Save the Washington Monument
When the unfinished Washington Monument was still but an eyesore on the National Mall, William Wetmore Story tried to prevent it from...
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37.2K5Arts and LeisureThe Crucible, or How Arthur Miller Got the Salem Witch Trials Wrong
Arthur Miller ostensibly wrote his classic drama The Crucible about the Salem witch trials of 1692, but he aimed it at Sen. Joseph...
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9.4K2Crime and ScandalThe Remittance Men: John Dudley Sargent and Robert Ray Hamilton
In 1890, the descendants of two of America’s first families – the Sargents and the Hamiltons – traveled to Wyoming to start...
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12.0K4Politics and MilitaryRoger Williams Pardoned in Massachusetts but Doesn’t Return
In 1936 Rhode Island was planning to celebrate its Tercentenary. It seemed only fitting that the state should get its founder out...
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