All posts tagged "Stamford Conn."
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95.7K56ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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7.4K11ConnecticutAl Marder, The Oldest Living Communist Victim of the Red Scare
Al Marder in 2021 attended a ceremony celebrating the return of the Amistad replica to New Haven Harbor. At 99 years old,...
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22.3K23ConnecticutHow the Italian Immigrants Came to New England
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...
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10.3K12ConnecticutWilliam F. Buckley, Jr., The Merry Gladiator of the Right
William F. Buckley, Jr., for decades skewered liberals with such charm and merriment that most of them ended up liking him. Some...
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5.5K3Business and LaborJoshua Hempstead, Diarist of Colonial New London, Conn.
Joshua Hempstead throughout his long life in colonial New England pursued many business activities, some of which carried perils almost unimaginable today. ...
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8.4K2MassachusettsCapt. John Underhill Gets Un-Banished From Massachusetts Bay, 1640
Capt. John Underhill paid a steep price for crossing the early Puritan establishment in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was banished, and...
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