December 26, 2024
Tag: Boston
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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August 17, 2023 2 Comments
A day in the life of American politics – Wednesday, September 23, 1908. That was the day when one man, one newspaper, one stretch of lawn in Brook, Indiana, turned the whole of American political campaigning up-side-down. The “picnic” was announced with a postcard.