All posts tagged "Springfield Mass."
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6.6K2ConnecticutDutch Elm Disease, the Nightmare on Elm Street
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...
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9.2KArts and LeisureJustin Morgan, More Famous for Owning a Horse Than Writing Gorgeous Music
Justin Morgan became far more famous for the horse he owned than for the brilliant music he wrote. A little six-year-old horse...
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13.2KArts and LeisureA Christmas First for New England? Each State Can Claim One.
New England is as unlikely a place as there is to celebrate a Christmas first. After all, Puritans in Massachusetts and Connecticut...
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4.3K4MassachusettsStanislaus Orlemanski Lectures Joseph Stalin on Religious Freedom
In April of 1944, Stanislaus Orlemanski, a priest from Springfield, Mass., was called on to travel to Russia to square off with...
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17.6K1Business and LaborRhode Island’s Awful Awful Love Affair: A History
The Awful Awful, a quirky Rhode Island drink, that survived multiple bankruptcies and the machinations of Wall Street. Many New Englanders remember...
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10.5K2ConnecticutNew England’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Riots
From 1967 to 1979, Puerto Rican riots broke out in New England cities from Waterbury, Conn., to Worcester, Mass. Outsiders didn’t understand...
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9.1K3MassachusettsWhat the Abenaki Indians Called the Full Moon
Sometime around 1645, William Pynchon wrote down the names given to each full moon by a tribe of Abenaki Indians. Pynchon, an...
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5.8K11bostonFrederick Law Olmsted Plans A Cemetery or a Hundred
Chances are good you have encountered the work of Frederick Law Olmsted more than once in your lifetime. You’ve probably set foot...
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23.8K13Business and LaborHow the Polish Immigrants Came to New England
Before Polish immigrants arrived in New England they had already made it to the Jamestown colony in Virginia as craftsmen. Over the...
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9.4K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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