Tag: Boston

  • It’s Old Home Week!

    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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Edith Romaine
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An event in Chicago of October 1871 is often called the Great Chicago Fire. Why? It was tragic in terms of lives lost and property damaged. People were forced to live in tents. The city was in chaos for years. Interesting how such happenings are remembered.

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