All posts tagged "vermont"
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35.4K3Politics and MilitaryThe MTL Insanity File of Robert Todd Lincoln Discovered
Robert Todd Lincoln burned most of his papers and correspondence before he died. Most, but not all. He saved a collection of...
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20.1K1New England PlacesSix Lovers Leaps in New England
Lovers leaps are nearly always found in isolated spots where a fall could kill you. They tend to inspire tales of romantic...
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24.8KNew England PlacesSix Abandoned Places
What is so appealing about abandoned places? Cyberspace abounds with photos, videos and bloggers waxing elegiac about abandoned old mills, mansions and...
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13.1K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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6.4K2Politics and MilitaryEighty-year-old Captain David Perry Recalls a Simple Soldier’s Life
In 1821, Revoltionary War Captain David Perry approached a young Vermont publisher with a request. At age 79 he had little time...
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8.7K4Politics and MilitaryHow the British Tortured Ethan Allen
Today we’d call it torture, but when the British tortured Ethan Allen in prison they called it ‘harsh treatment.’ On Sept. 25,...
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