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The Siege Of Quebec, 1775–1776
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The key to control of Canada was a city whose defenders doubted they could hold out for long once the American Rebels attacked
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When Christmas Was Banned In Boston
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Many a book, a magazine, a play, a movie, has been banned in Boston. But Christmas?
on Dec 24
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Christmas Dinner at Mount Vernon
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Roast pig, boiled rockfish, and apple pie were among the dishes George and Martha enjoyed during the holiday in 1797. Here are some actual recipes.
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“What Good Is a New-born Baby?”
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OF BALLOONS, THE FIRST AIR-MAIL LETTERS, AND THE EVER-ENTERPRISING FRANKLIN FAMILY
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Janus Addison Reavis got rich—for a time, anyway—on his Peralta land fraud. But in the end he went to jail .
on Jul 25
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Whatever Happened To New Math?
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In the early sixties it was going to revolutionize American education. By the early seventies it had confounded a generation of schoolchildren. Today it is virtually forgotten. But as we head toward another round of educational reforms, we should recall why it went wrong.
on Jul 24
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Lafayette's Grand American Tour
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Enormous crowds greeted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, during his visit to all 24 states nearly 40 years after the war ended.
on Jul 4
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The Revolution Could Have Started Here
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At a curious stone tower in Somerville, Massachusetts, panic in 1774 could have sparked a war seven months before Lexington and Concord entered the history books.
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Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition
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The farmhouse of General John Glover, one of the great heroes of the American Revolution, is scheduled to be demolished after July 1, 2024.
on Jun 4
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It has been called one of the most consequential debates in American history. The Revolution's greatest orator later fought to stop ratification of the Constitution because of his worries about powers proposed for the Federal government
on May 19
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Marilyn Monroe Gets Down to Business
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The world’s most prominent actress risked her career by standing up to one of Hollywood’s mega-studios, proving that behind the beauty was also a very savvy businesswoman.
on May 3
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How Franklin Roosevelt’s Secretary of Agriculture sent an eccentric Russian mystic on a sensitive mission to Asia and thereby created diplomatic havoc, personal humiliation, and embarrassment for the administration
on Nov 27, 2023
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“The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny”
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The daring epic of the filibusters reached a lurid climax when little William Walker captured the sovereign state of Nicaragua
on Nov 4, 2023
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The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became. To fully understand the vast changes the war unleashed on the country, you must first understand the plight of the Southerners who didn’t want secession.
on Oct 8, 2023