All posts tagged "St. Johnsbury"
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3.7KScience and NatureFletcher, Vermont: The Town That Escaped the 1918 Pandemic (This One, Too)
The 1918-20 influenza pandemic reached deep into every neighborhood in every town and city in the United States – well, almost. It...
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17.0KMassachusettsThe Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857
The Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857 prostrated New England during the winter of 1856-57, one of the worst ever. Thirty-two...
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66.6KConnecticutThe Greatest New England High School Football Rivalries
New England high school football rivalries go back to the days when teams traveled by stagecoach to visit their opponents. When there...
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18.2K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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10.4K1Today's History Highlights ArchiveWinston Titus, 18, Killed for Driving Beer Over the Border
Northern Vermonters who knew Winston Titus thought of him as a good kid from a fine family of farmers. They probably didn’t...
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8.0KNew England PlacesSix Courageous Heroes From New England
Not all courageous heroes receive their due on Veterans or any other day. So many sacrifices have gone unheralded, so many men...
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