Pass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!
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Russian dressing was invented in Nashua, N.H., the news media reported after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the condiment in a news conference. “If the president puts Russian...
View ArticlePass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!
For many, many years, le reveillon was the way Franco-Americans ushered in New Year’s Day in New England’s Little Canadas. The reveillon is a long, late dinner preceding a holiday. Tourtiere is...
View ArticleHugh Manity, Depression-Era Love Cult Leader, Caught in the Garish Grip of...
Boston’s own love-cult leader, Dr. Hugh Manity, gave New England’s newspapers plenty of fodder in 1933 when he was arrested in his Cathedral of Cosmos for practicing medicine without a license....
View Article6 New Deal Projects Still in Use
The New Deal put tens of millions of people to work and changed the landscape in every New England city and town. It put sidewalks on streets, bridges over rivers, hiking trails in forests, seawalls on...
View ArticleFortunate Son: The Madness of John Stark
For nearly 200 years, from the beginnings of the country, the Stark name, beginning with John Stark, was the gold standard of New Hampshire. The family fortunes followed the arc of the new nation from...
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Russian dressing was invented in Nashua, N.H., the news media reported after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the condiment in a news conference. “If the president puts Russian...
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View ArticlePass the Tourtiere, C’est Le Reveillon!
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View ArticleHugh Manity, Depression-Era Love Cult Leader, Caught in the Garish Grip of...
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The New Deal put tens of millions of people to work and changed the landscape in every New England city and town. It put sidewalks on streets, bridges over rivers,… The post 6 New Deal Projects Still...
View ArticleFortunate Son: The Madness of John Stark
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View ArticleRussian Dressing Invented in … New Hampshire?
The news media delved deep (well, deepish) into the history of Russian dressing in 2017 after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the condiment in a news conference. “If… The post Russian...
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