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Whether the Puritans liked it or not, colonial New England games were popular. There was Stoolball, Coasting, Slide Groat, and even the dreaded Football. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/seven-colonial-new-england-games/

What do 1,345 wins look like in baseball? They're all in this picture from an old-timers game at Fenway Park. That's (l-r) "Smoky Joe" Wood, Denton "Cy" Young, Lefty Grove, and Walter Johnson. It's any manager's dream starting rotation.

A beginner's guide to Boston sports history would almost certainly include the fact that Havlicek stole the ball.

Sports

On August 24, 1814, British troops put in place a plan to burn the Capitol. New England, which hated the War of 1812, rejoiced.

War of 1812

Paul Robeson was riding high, the most famous black man in the world, when he moved to Enfield, Conn. He'd leave 12 years later, broke and blacklisted.

Boston transformed Malcolm Little into Malcolm X by the time he left for Detroit. It had turned Martin Luther King into Dr. King when he left for Montgomery, Ala. #CivilRights

As young men, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King lived in two different Bostons. Malcolm prowled the streets, while Martin settled into Boston University. #CivilRights #MLK

Civil Rights

In 1892,timber baron James E. Henry bought 100,000 acres of virgin timber in Northern New Hampshire and began clear-cutting the White Mountains.

Visits to friends and families for the Reveillon were how Franco-Americans welcomed the New Year in New England's Little Canadas before World War II.

The story of Fitz John Porter's military career has less to do with battlefield glory and far more with his battle for

New Hampshire

Want to brush up on your Irish history in New England? Here are six places you can visit--and some may surprise you.

New England's history is all around you, but sometimes it's hidden. Here's a handy guide to New England's Hidden Past, with 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated and Misunderstood Landmarks.

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state.

Six Places

Rachel Wall, lady pirate, was not pleased about being hanged for stealing a bonnet. But not for the reason you might think.

William Kidd was a privateer turned family man turned pirate -- or was he? Historians say he took the fall for the Mass. governor who lured him to his doom.

Philip Ashton, a 19-year-old fisherman, escaped captivity by the vicious pirate Edward Low on a remote Caribbean island. For 16 months he managed to survive, though his rescuers found him so weak they had to carry him across the sand.

Pirates

Fifty years after Robert Lincoln died, Abraham Lincoln’s last descendant discovered the MTL Insanity File tucked away in a cupboard in his Vermont mansion.

Lewis Tappan enlisted a future president, Abraham Lincoln, along with thousands of others, to report on the character and dependability of his customers. That network of spies later evolved into the Dun & Bradstreet credit rating company.

Abraham Lincoln

Vermont's Jim Fisk lived large as a robber baron with a wide streak of carnival barker in him -- until a crime of passion ended his colorful life.

Newspapers frequently attacked J.P. Morgan as a robber baron. But he was way more sensitive about his ugly nose than about his business practices.

Gilded Age

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state.

Perhaps you once had to memorize "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But there's more to know about it. Here are 6 fun facts.

Caleb Brewster undertook one of the most dangerous patriotic missions during the American Revolution: spying for George Washington on Long Island Sound.

American Revolution

Between 1840 and 1860, a great wave of Irish immigrants washed up on the shores of Lake Champlain. So many, in fact, that Vermont’s inland sea has been nicknamed the Irish Lake. The reason, of course, was hunger and jobs.

From 1845 to 1855, famine ships brought 2 million Irish emigrants to ports in Boston, New York and Canada. They were fleeing the starvation and disease caused by the potato crop failure. But the famine ships carried their own dangers. Sharks were said to follow them because so many bodies were thrown overboard. An Irish priest wrote a guide to help them survive the ordeal.

Irish-American History

The High Tide Storm of 1723 took New England's Puritans by such surprise they were stranded in their meetinghouses. Some took refuge in trees.

The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940 barreled into New England just 15 months after The hurricane of 1938. It took 17,000 men to shovel Boston out.

The 1978 blizzard still brings memories of stranded cars, damaged homes, enormous snowbanks and a ubiquitous governor in a cardigan sweater.

Weather

In 1816, the Kenniston brothers needed help. They were jailed in Massachusetts for robbing Elijah Goodridge. But Daniel Webster thought something was wrong.

Mill girl Sarah Cornell claimed a Methodist minister demanded she sleep with him in exchange for returning incriminating letters to him. Then she died unexpectedly.

When Jennie Cramer, daughter of a cigarmaker, was murdered in New Haven in 1881, the scandal quickly exploded and engulfed one of the town's richest clans.

True Crime

Fannie Farmer wasn't all that good a cook, but she sure knew how to teach cooking. Her Boston Cooking-School Cookbook made her rich.

Emily Dickinson loved to bake as well as write poetry. one of her favorite things to make was a black cake at Christmas.

Every so often you'll find a recpie that calls for the common cracker - a specific type of common cracker that is anything but common.

Food History

Since 1933, when police find a body in Rhode Island where a body doesn't belong, they wonder if it's Danny Walsh, the last king of Rhode Island's Irish gangsters.

For centuries, Block Islanders have seen in the distance the mysterious light of the flaming ghost ship Palatine. In 2017, some of that mystery was solved. #RhodeIsland

George Berkeley, born in a castle, achieved lasting fame in Great Britain as a philosopher. But then he moved to Rhode Island in 1729.

Rhode Island

Think you know everything there is to know about P.T. Barnum? Here are 14 facts about his life that may surprise you.

Rose Wilder Lane never openly acknowledged her role in writing the Little House books. But she played a big part in her mother's literary success.

Colonial potty humor has pretty much disappeared, and so have colonial outhouses – but a Connecticut museum has brought them back.

Connecticut

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Wampanoag Crafts

Retirement Travel

Historical Maps

Historical Society

Six New England Places To Learn About Irish History

Want to brush up on your Irish history in New England? Here are six places you can visit--and some may surprise you.

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American History

The Mysterious Disappearance of Danny Walsh, the Last Irish Gangster in Rhode Island

Since 1933, when police find a body in Rhode Island where a body doesn't belong, they wonder if it's Danny Walsh, the last king of Rhode Island's Irish gangsters.

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Colonial New England

Unit Study Ideas

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American History Lessons

Energy Activities

Seven Colonial New England Games

Whether the Puritans liked it or not, colonial New England games were popular. There was Stoolball, Coasting, Slide Groat, and even the dreaded Football. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/seven-colonial-new-england-games/

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Flying Dutchman

Myths And Legends

The Legend of the Ghost Ship Palatine

For centuries, Block Islanders have seen in the distance the mysterious light of the flaming ghost ship Palatine. In 2017, some of that mystery was solved. #RhodeIsland

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Barnum Bailey Circus

Ringling Brothers

Step Right Up! 14 Little-Known Facts About The Entertaining Life of P.T. Barnum

Think you know everything there is to know about P.T. Barnum? Here are 14 facts about his life that may surprise you.

new england's hidden past

American Indian History

New England States

Public High School

Places Of Interest

Discover the Hidden History All Around You

New England's history is all around you, but sometimes it's hidden. Here's a handy guide to New England's Hidden Past, with 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated and Misunderstood Landmarks.

new england's hidden past

Discover the Hidden History All Around You

New England's history is all around you, but sometimes it's hidden. Here's a handy guide to New England's Hidden Past, with 360 Overlooked, Underappreciated and Misunderstood Landmarks.

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state. Fort, To Learn, History, Film, Photography

Six Revolutionary Forts

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state.

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state.

Six Revolutionary Forts

You may not realize it, but if you live in New England you are probably close to the remains of several revolutionary forts. Here are 6, one in each state.

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Scotland History

Celtic Heritage

Colonial History

The High Tide Storm of 1723: 'Ye mightyest overflowing of ye sea'

The High Tide Storm of 1723 took New England's Puritans by such surprise they were stranded in their meetinghouses. Some took refuge in trees.

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Baseball Legends

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Baseball Photos

Smoky Joe Wood, Cy Young, Lefty Grove and Walter Johnson at Fenway

What do 1,345 wins look like in baseball? They're all in this picture from an old-timers game at Fenway Park. That's (l-r) "Smoky Joe" Wood, Denton "Cy" Young, Lefty Grove, and Walter Johnson. It's any manager's dream starting rotation.

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Sports Announcer

Boston Celtics Players

Boston Celtics Basketball

Basketball History

‘Havlicek Stole the Ball!’: The Greatest Broadcast Moment in Basketball History

A beginner's guide to Boston sports history would almost certainly include the fact that Havlicek stole the ball.

two baseball players standing next to each other on a yellow and brown background, one is wearing a black hat

Aboriginal American

Jackie Robinson

Jackie and Rachel Robinson: A Love Story

Rachel Robinson was there with Jackie when he broke baseball's color line. They were so close he began to refer to "we" when talking about his play on the ballfield.

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Moving Backgrounds

Rocky Marciano, the Real Rocky, Came From Massachusetts

Rocky Marciano inspired the fictional Rocky Balboa: sweet and amateurish with a ton of heart. But he was a New Englander, not a Philadelphian.

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Woman In History

Rhode Island History

All American Girl

Women's History

How Rhode Island’s Lizzie Murphy Played Major League Baseball in 1922

Lizzie Murphy, the first woman to play major league baseball, didn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. When the boys said she was too small to play, she carried the bats.

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