All posts tagged "Ulysses S. Grant"
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6.5KPolitics and MilitaryThe Irish-American Army That Attacked Canada from a Vermont Farm
Alvah Richard couldn’t believe that fanatical Irish-American army was back. For the second time in four years, the self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army...
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5.5K2MassachusettsThe Shot Heard Round the World: Concord vs. Lexington vs. … Menotomy?
There was a shot, and it was heard around the world, but who fired it and where? Debate over the shot heard...
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6.7K3New HampshireFitz John Porter Unfairly Blamed for Losing the Battle of Bull Run
Tucked away in Haven Park in Portsmouth, N.H. there is an impressive equestrian statue of Fitz John Porter in his Union Army...
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7.9K3MassachusettsLewis Tappan, the Man Who Hired Abe Lincoln to Spy on Sinners
Lewis Tappan hated slavery as much as he hated people who didn’t pay their debts. In 1841, he found he could do...
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7.4K1Politics and Military12 Fascinating Facts About the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannonfire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...
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29.8K13ConnecticutSix Oldest Libraries in New England
Identifying New England’s oldest libraries is no easy task. In the early days of European settlement, book collections took many different forms....
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6.0K7bostonIn 1872, the Boston Globe Began With a Whimper Not a Bang
The big news on the front page of the first Boston Globe on Monday, March 4, 1872 was church attendance the day...
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21.0K4ConnecticutSix New England Presidential Visits and the Stories Behind Them
New England is full of sites that hosted past presidential visits as the country’s leaders came north in search of votes, campaign...
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8.0K5Arts and LeisureCharles Dickens Brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ — and Christmas — to Boston
Charles Dickens didn’t think much of American slavery on his first visit in 1842. But he loved Boston enough to return after...
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19.3K15Business and LaborKatharine Gibbs Invents the Modern Professional Secretary
Katharine Gibbs in 1911 founded her first secretarial school in Providence after learning the hard way that inherited wealth is an uncertain...
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