All posts tagged "Wooster Square"
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62.0K8Arts 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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5.8KConnecticutDavid Wooster, Revolutionary War Hero, Befriends a Freed Slave
David Wooster is known more as the person who gave New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood its name than for his heroism during...
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9.1KNew England PlacesSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some people remember them with parades...
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9.6K10New England PlacesLittle Italy in New England: Some Lost, Some Thriving
Shortly after the American Civil War, a new kind of neighborhood emerged in New England cities: a Little Italy. They were poor,...
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18.3K23ConnecticutHow the Italian Immigrants Came to New England
Italian immigrants put their stamp on New England as indelibly as any Puritan. New England, in fact, is the most Italian region...
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8.4K14Business and LaborThe Birth of New Haven’s Famous White Clam Apizza
A peasant meal brought from 19th century Italy evolved into New Haven’s famous white clam apizza, praised as an ‘intoxicating combination of...
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