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*Military Museums  Some of the military museums located in New England. CONNECTICUT, Bush-Holley Historic Site [offsite link] Located in Cos Cob CT. Over 200 art students studied at this house with leading American Impressionists such as John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Theodore Robinson and Childe Hassam. Elizabeth Park Hartford Connecticut  Elizabeth Park in Hartford Connecticut, bring the family for reunions, weddings, picnics, sports and more. There are walkways lined with flowers, a duck pond, a café, baseball field, tennis courts, a gazebo and greenhouses. Visit a historic rose garden with thousands of rose bushes. Haunted History Tours Barnstable  Standing at the death’s doorway entrance of Cobb’s Hill cemetery in Barnstable Massachusetts, I shuffled my feet nervously as our tour guide explained why death’s doorways were a part of New England cemeteries built in the 1800s. The Puritans believed that.... MASSACHUSETTS, Hancock Shaker Village [offsite link] Located in Pittsfield MA. An original Shaker site with 20 restored historic buildings, working farm, special events & workshops. MASSACHUSETTS, Old North Church [offsite link] Located in Boston MA. One light or two? The place that let Paul Revere know whether the British were coming by land or by sea. MASSACHUSETTS, Old Sturbridge Village [offsite link] Located in Sturbridge MA. Old Sturbridge Village includes more than 40 staffed exhibits - historic homes, craft shops, mills, and farm buildings - on more than 200 acres of fields and rolling farmland. NEW HAMPSHIRE, America´s Stonehenge [offsite link] One of the largest and possibly oldest megalithic sites in North America. NEW HAMPSHIRE, Canterbury Shaker Village [offsite link] Located in Canterbury NH. A National Historic Landmark with 25 original buildings situated on a rolling hilltop surrounded by open fields, woodlots and ponds. An informative and fascinating guided tour will introduce the customs, inventions, furniture, architecture and values of this utopian society. NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strawbery Banke [offsite link] Located in Portsmouth NH. Experience life from the late 1600s to the 1950s in this neighborhood known as Puddle Dock. The site, known today as Strawbery Banke Museum, offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of everyday people who called this area home for nearly four centuries. RHODE ISLAND, Newport Mansions [offsite link] Located in Newport RI. The Preservation Society of Newport County invites you to come and explore our eleven properties, representing more than 250 years of social and architectural history in the city that was America´s First Resort. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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