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...and left awestruck. "You can't imagine what it was like,'' longtime Brockton resident Ed Pearson recalled in a 1969 article in "Yankee Magazine. '' "I remember walking down an aisle and all of a sudden right in front of me, I saw Santa...

In this article: Brockton, New England, Unemployment, and Macy's

..."meets none of the qualifications for an orthodox Thanksgiving." But as the country grew, so did its need for a national mythology. With the "Yankee diaspora" fanning out from New England, Thanksgiving shed its origins in religious ritual...

In this article: James Baker, Pumpkin, Sweet potato, God, Yankee, USA Today, New England, Plymouth, and Plimoth Plantation

...on raggedy chairs. Many of them are farmers in bib overalls. When you pull up they make you feel as if you've just driven onto a page of Yankee magazine. "All I know is cows; my father had them, I had them, my son has them,'' said...

In this article: Chicken, West Greenwich, Coventry, Fried dough, French fries, and Sandwich

...amplest parking. We might grouse about a lot of things related to Massachusetts highways, but the rest stops aren't among them. Yankee provender The weather may be hinting winter, but this is the week when last summer's promises are...

In this article: New England, Providence Bruins, National Park Service, Lowell National Historical Park, Maine, Pumpkin, Hamburger, American Hockey League, and National Day of Mourning

...there was no scriptural warrant for the Dec. 25 date for the birth of Christ, so Southerners suspected Thanksgiving of being some kind of bogus Yankee imitation of Christmas. Partly for this reason, and partly because the South has the most...

In this article: Turkey, Salad, Pumpkin pie, Pumpkin, Chicken, New England, Cranberry sauce, Cream pie, and Brown bread

...house. The price was nearly twice the pre-sale estimate. In addition, Mays's paintings have graced a wide range of publications. Yankee Magazine alone has commissioned more than 20 cover illustrations from the artist. In recent years,...

In this article: Providence, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island School of Design

Previous programs featured Jonathan Dahl of SmartMoney, Janet Carlson of Town&Country, editors from The New York Times, Yankee Magazine and regional magazines. Visit www.ctpressclub.com. To save a permanent link to this news,...

In this article: Espn.com, SmartMoney, Sporting News, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees

...to the polls for President Barack Obama a year ago, gay-marriage defenders tried to appeal to Maine voters' independent streak - a Yankee spirit of fairness and live-and-let-live. </p><p>The other side based many of its campaign ads on...

In this article: Maine, Portland, California, Yankee, Matthew Dunlap, and Barack Obama

...next year's congressional election, Republicans believe they can regain ground in districts that have historically prided themselves on their Yankee independence and self-sufficiency. In the Granite State, GOP candidates could well win back...

In this article: Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, New England, Pete Sessions, Charlie Bass, Rob Simmons, Club for Growth, and New Hampshire

...contrived. The "no" campaign seized upon this strategy early on, and has managed to own it: the Mainer's vaunted sense of place, Yankee hospitality, the live and let live mantra and simply doing the right thing. Will this emotional tactic...

In this article: Maine, Yankee, Portland, ME, Yankees, and New England