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14.7K3bostonA City Upon a Hill: JFK Cribs From John Winthrop
John Winthrop was not a minister, but he preached a sermon to his Puritan followers on July 2, 1630 that went down...
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69.0K18Crime and ScandalThe Puritan Dress Code and the Outrage of Slashed Sleeves
As the Puritans set about eking out their survival in Massachusetts in the early 1600s, they naturally had to conquer some major...
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22.0K17Business and LaborThe Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut
In 1847, a Maine ship captain invented the donut as we know it today – with a hole. On the day Lewis...
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6.9K11MassachusettsMalcolm X and Martin Luther King in Boston: One City, Two Different Worlds
When Martin Luther King, Jr., moved to Boston in 1951 to study for his graduate degree in philosophy, Malcolm X was already...
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