All posts tagged "stores"
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10.5KConnecticutSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some people remember them with parades...
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21.2K1Business and LaborThe Grover Shoe Factory Disaster Shakes the Nation in 1905
In March of 1905, with spring weather coming, the operators of the Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Mass., decided to switch off...
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12.6K6Arts and LeisureA Gilded Age Gentleman Farm in Each New England State
During the Gilded Age, the gentleman farm was an important element of the upper-class lifestyle. They served as formal summer mansions and...
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8.7K2Business and LaborThe Mainers Who Built the A&P Supermarket Empire
In 1859, George Gilman decided to change careers. At 33 he was an executive in his father’s tannery in New York City....
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5.4KConnecticutThe Prohibition Era Begins in Litchfield, Conn. in 1789
In 1789, Ephraim Kirby, Jebediah Strong, David Buel and more than 100 of their neighbors decided to swear off strong drink. They...
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21.2KNew England PlacesSix Christmas Towns for the Holidays
So much of New England looks like a Currier & Ives print over the holidays that it was hard to choose the...
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