All posts tagged "World War I"
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4.9K4ConnecticutHow The Spirit of 76 Became World War I Propaganda
The Spirit of 76 reappeared again and again after the American Revolution as an idea, as a symbol and as a propaganda...
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4.9K2Business and LaborThe Panic of 1907 and the Maine Man Who Caused It
You might suppose the Federal Reserve banking system was begun in response to the great stock market crash of 1929, but it...
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5.9KArts and LeisureHow the Balsams Resort Was Built on a Railroad Seat
The story of the Balsams Resort – one of New Hampshire’s great old resort hotels north of the notches – begins with...
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4.9K4New England PlacesThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Six Historic Opera Houses
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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7.4K11ConnecticutConnecticut Doughboys Remember the Battle of Seicheprey
When the last Connecticut doughboys died in the early 1980s, they took with them memories of a grisly World War I battle...
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10.8K3Arts and LeisureSix Colonial Homes by Wallace Nutting
Wallace Nutting was a dyspeptic minister so overwhelmed by urban life and modern values that he led countless Americans into a nostalgic...
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7.1K13ConnecticutRobert Remington Fights World War I
Robert Remington looked much younger than his 17 years when he joined the U.S. Army at Yale Field on April 23, 1917,...
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4.6K1ConnecticutConnecticut’s Enormous World War I Archive
Connecticut owes its enormous World War I archive to George Godard, the state librarian during World War I. Godard had hoarding tendencies....
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14.7K2Business and LaborPolly Peabody, The Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Polly Peabody did in her life. Born Mary Phelps Jacob, she was called...
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21.3K4ConnecticutSix 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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