New England Classics

New England Heritage: Providence's Dancing Cop

New England Heritage: Providence's Dancin...

It's not the Holidays in Rhode Island until you see this guy directing traffic in Downtown Providence!

New England Heritage: Providence's Dancin...

It's not the Holidays in Rhode Island until you see this guy directing traffic in Downtown Providence!

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New England Heritage: Bristol 4th Of July Parade

New England Heritage: Bristol 4th Of July...

Bristol 4th of July Parade This is the 226th year for this famed parade, and you don't want to miss out. Being the nation's oldest and longest standing Fourth of...

New England Heritage: Bristol 4th Of July...

Bristol 4th of July Parade This is the 226th year for this famed parade, and you don't want to miss out. Being the nation's oldest and longest standing Fourth of July parade, this town does well by honoring...

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Top 10 Haunted Places In US: Lizzie Borden House

Top 10 Haunted Places In US: Lizzie Borde...

Growing up in Southeastern New England, everyone learns the skipping rope rhyme of the Lizzie Borden murders. Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks, When she...

Top 10 Haunted Places In US: Lizzie Borde...

Growing up in Southeastern New England, everyone learns the skipping rope rhyme of the Lizzie Borden murders. Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her...

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New England Heritage: Halloween In Salem, MA!

New England Heritage: Halloween In Salem,...

Salem Massachusetts. Home to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the House of 7 Gables, Jack Welch and Mary Lou Lord, Nathaniel Bowditch and Elias Derby, Salem has been a destination city long...

New England Heritage: Halloween In Salem,...

Salem Massachusetts. Home to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the House of 7 Gables, Jack Welch and Mary Lou Lord, Nathaniel Bowditch and Elias Derby, Salem has been a destination city long before there was such a thing as family...

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Wall Of Fame: Gansett Control Of Haffenreffer

Wall Of Fame: Gansett Control Of Haffenre...

Check out the above scans from the 1964 announcement that Narragansett Brewing Company will take control of Haffenreffer sales. There's one of the newspaper clipping making the announcement public. The...

Wall Of Fame: Gansett Control Of Haffenre...

Check out the above scans from the 1964 announcement that Narragansett Brewing Company will take control of Haffenreffer sales. There's one of the newspaper clipping making the announcement public. The other is a letter from Rudolf Haffenreffer III...

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New England Heritage: Fourth Of July Traditions

New England Heritage: Fourth Of July Trad...

By. Jim Crooks On the 4th of July in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as...

New England Heritage: Fourth Of July Trad...

By. Jim Crooks On the 4th of July in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American...

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New England Heritage: Salt Water Taffy

New England Heritage: Salt Water Taffy

In New England, the tasty treat known as salt water taffy is as Summer as baseball games and barbecues. Despite it's name, this type of taffy is not made with...

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New England Heritage: Salt Water Taffy

In New England, the tasty treat known as salt water taffy is as Summer as baseball games and barbecues. Despite it's name, this type of taffy is not made with salt water. Although the recipe calls for both...

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New England Heritage: Hot Wieners

New England Heritage: Hot Wieners

Call them gaggers, or wienies, but whatever you do just don't call it a hot dog. Hot wieners have been a Rhode Island tradition for over 80 years. And here...

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New England Heritage: Hot Wieners

Call them gaggers, or wienies, but whatever you do just don't call it a hot dog. Hot wieners have been a Rhode Island tradition for over 80 years. And here at the Olneyville New York System in Providence,...

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New England Heritage: Oldest Operating New England Taverns, Part 2

New England Heritage: Oldest Operating Ne...

By. Jim Crooks Wilcox Tavern - Charlestown, RI This house, built about 1730, was the birthplace of Gen. Joseph Stanton, who was a member of the Colonial Congress and later,...

New England Heritage: Oldest Operating Ne...

By. Jim Crooks Wilcox Tavern - Charlestown, RI This house, built about 1730, was the birthplace of Gen. Joseph Stanton, who was a member of the Colonial Congress and later, Senator from Rhode Island to the First Constitutional...

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New England Heritage: Oldest Operating New England Taverns - Part 1

New England Heritage: Oldest Operating Ne...

By. Jim Crooks White Horse Tavern - Newport, RI The White Horse Tavern, constructed before 1673 in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the oldest tavern buildings in the United...

New England Heritage: Oldest Operating Ne...

By. Jim Crooks White Horse Tavern - Newport, RI The White Horse Tavern, constructed before 1673 in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the oldest tavern buildings in the United States. It is located on the corner of...

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New England Heritage: New England's Best Beaches

New England Heritage: New England's Best ...

New England is blessed with some of the most picturesque white sand ocean beaches in the country. Here are some of Narragansett Beer’s (and Clammie’s) favorites: Warmest Water Silver Sands...

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New England Heritage: New England's Best ...

New England is blessed with some of the most picturesque white sand ocean beaches in the country. Here are some of Narragansett Beer’s (and Clammie’s) favorites: Warmest Water Silver Sands State Park, Milford, Connecticut Clammie Says: "Legend has...

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