All posts tagged "Winthrop"
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34.7K35Flashback PhotosThe Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm
The Great 1938 Hurricane took almost everyone by surprise. Sept. 21, 1938, was supposed to be a breezy fall day in New...
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5.8K3New HampshireCount Rumford, The Loyalist Ben Franklin
Benjamin Thompson played a part in the American Revolution and the revolution in thermodynamics – and then became the German Count Rumford,...
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8.9K9MassachusettsWilliam Tudor Falls In Love With A Loyalist
William Tudor fell in love with a loyalist. It was an awkward position for a rebel who would become the first judge...
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18.2K15ConnecticutIn Colonial New England, the New Year Started on March 25
In colonial New England, the new year did not start on January 1. Not because the Puritans didn’t want people to have...
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11.0K13MaineHow Flying Santa Saw New England Lighthouses in 1936 (From the Sky, Of Course)
The New England Flying Santa tradition was born in the teeth of a fierce winter storm when lighthouse beacons along Penobscot Bay...
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11.3K8Crime and ScandalThe Shocking Theft of the Sacred Cod, an Amazing Fish Tale
A brazen theft of the sacred cod in 1933 by Harvard students sent the Commonwealth reeling for a few wild days. State...
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