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A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III
Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.” ...
In 1775 and today, an elusive American unity
Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...
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A volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era documents in New England
Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...
At the Boston Athenaeum, botanical beauty of the photographic sort
"Wildflowers of New England," with images by Edwin Hale Lincoln, and a smaller show of work by Lindsey Beal and May Babcock ...
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Vernon's New England Civil War Museum added to Connecticut Freedom Trail
The New England Civil War Museum has been added to the Connecticut Freedom Trail following two years of reshaping the museum's main exhibit. The museum, located on the second floor of Town Hall, ...