All posts tagged "taverns"
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6.2K1Arts and LeisureHow To Call Someone a Drunk in Colonial Times – From The Drinkers Dictionary
In 1737, at the age of 31, Boston-born Benjamin Franklin decided to point out the many phrases people used to describe drunkenness....
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7.5K3New England PlacesSix of the Oldest Hospitals in New England, From Wine to Women
New England’s oldest hospitals are all younger than such venerable institutions as schools, banks, businesses and taverns. Hospitals had been run for...
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9.2K1Arts and LeisureThe New England Inns and Taverns Quiz
Who doesn’t love New England’s historic inns and taverns? Nowhere else in the country are there so many old watering holes and...
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29.6K2ConnecticutHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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7.4K1Religion and Social MovementsHow Alcoholics Anonymous Got Started in Manchester, Vt.
When the first airplane landed in Manchester, Vt., in 1929, two drunks tumbled out of the cockpit and lay on the ground....
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53.9K12Arts and LeisureThe Six Oldest Restaurants in New England
The six oldest restaurants in New England include taverns that served hungry travelers and a diner that fed mill workers after their...
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