All posts tagged "Thanksgiving"
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5.9KArts and LeisureThe Four Women Who Cooked the First Thanksgiving
The four women who cooked that first Thanksgiving probably didn’t feel all that thankful when their husbands invited 90 guests, all Wampanoag...
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12.2KArts and LeisureWhat Killed the Marlborough Pie?
The Marlborough Pie once graced many a New England table during the winter holidays. It ranked up there with the pumpkin, the...
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65.0K8Arts and LeisureItalian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted American Food
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking....
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6.0KArts and LeisureCharles Ives’ New England Holidays, A Danbury Childhood Set to Music
Charles Ives never forgot the sights and sounds of the village cornet band marching to the cemetery in Danbury, Conn., on Decoration...
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20.0K3Arts and LeisureOver the River and Through the Wood: 7 Fun Facts
The author of Over the River and Through the Wood was very unlike the other author who wrote a favorite holiday song...
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19.9K2ConnecticutIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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