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Salem Massachusetts Tombstone

Early Modern, Live Reporting / August 20, 2023 / U.S. history

The town of Salem, Massachusetts, began as a settlement called “Naumkaeg,” but the Puritan settlers who arrived in 1626 renamed it after the Hebrew word for “peace,” which is of course ironic considering the legacy of witch-killings for which it is most famous. This exquisite example of an early New Englandtombstone comes from the Charter […]

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Acadia Waldron Bates

Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 20, 2023 / environmental history, U.S. natural parks

This view on top of the Beehive Trail in Acadia is enjoyed by hundreds of people every summer day in the national park. As one follows the adjoining Gorham Mountain and Bowl trails (in the picture the pond is the Bowl), the plaque on the fourth slide appears, dedicated to a “Waldron Bates” (d. 1909),

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