All posts tagged "Taunton Mass."
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13.6K2MassachusettsElizabeth Poole, the Puritan Who Founded a Town
Elizabeth Poole left the comforts of her family manor house in England to join the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. She was 48,...
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6.8K5MassachusettsElizabeth Buffum Chace, Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Elizabeth Buffum Chace belonged to old and distinguished Rhode Island families, but she was distrusted and shunned because of her ardent opposition...
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14.4K6MassachusettsBefore Old Glory, There Was the Taunton Flag
The people of Taunton, Mass., celebrate the Taunton Flag with a friendly festival on their green every October. But when first raised...
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85.8K32ConnecticutWay More Than the Scarlet Letter: Puritan Punishments
In their rigid enforcement of community standards, New England’s Puritan punishments often often included the bilbo, the cleft stick, the brand, the ear...
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82.8K25Arts and LeisureHow Portuguese Immigrants Came to New England
In 1915, four Madeiran men organized a feast at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in New Bedford, Mass. They did it...
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11.2K3Arts and LeisureMajor Taylor, World-Famous Black Athlete in 1899, Dies in Obscurity in 1932
Fifty years before Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball, Major Taylor conquered bicycle racing despite death threats and deliberate injury. At the...
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9.7K8Arts and LeisureHow To Make a Maine May Basket
An old New England tradition that perhaps deserves reviving is the giving of a May basket on May Day. It was popular...
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4.5K4MassachusettsTobias Gilmore, an African-American Soldier in the American Revolution
Tobias Gilmore was an African-American soldier in the American Revolution whose legacy includes a cannon left to the Town of Taunton, Mass.,...
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