All posts tagged "windsor"
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9.6KMassachusettsAbner Kneeland, The Free-Speech Martyr Convicted of Blasphemy in 1838
Abner Kneeland was a powerful and energetic Universalist minister whose religious doubts and political beliefs sent him to a Massachusetts prison in...
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5.6K2VermontGeorge Seldes, The Last Great Muckraker, Never Tired of Protesting Even at 104
When George Seldes died in 1995 at the age of 104, a delegation of investigative journalists journeyed to his home in Hartland...
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13.4K16MassachusettsThe Great Snow Hurricane of 1804
On Oct. 9, 1804, a snow hurricane struck Eastern New England, the first time in recorded history a tropical storm produced snowfall....
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26.6K17ConnecticutThe Mystery of the Hartford Circus Fire Still Lingers, 76 Years Later
Of all the mysteries that still surround the Hartford Circus Fire, the most compelling is the identity of a small blonde girl...
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255.1K69Connecticut1816: The Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June...
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10.4K13Business and LaborThe Ritz-Carlton Opens in Boston, May 19, 1927
When the Ritz-Carlton hotel opened in 1927 in Boston, it required guests to adhere to a dress code. The hotel forbade women to...
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