All posts tagged "taverns"
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14.6K1MassachusettsBefore Thanksgiving, December 22 Was Forefather’s Day
On one of the shortest days of the year, a group of Plymouth citizens continue a centuries-old tradition by celebrating Forefathers Day....
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11.5K1Arts 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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14.8K3New 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. Religious orders had run hospitals...
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16.0K1Arts 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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38.0K2ConnecticutHow 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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10.6K1Religion 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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