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On July 1, 1776, the first vote on national independence from Great Britain was taken in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The motion carried 9–2. The next day, the vote was taken again, with all 12 delegations voting in favor, 10 of them unanimously. And as far as John Adams was concerned, this was the […]
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Jodi Picoult | Uncommon Sense
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” —Jodi Picoult (born May 19, 1966), from her novel My Sister’s Keeper. Though born and raised on Long Island, this best-selling writer lives with her family in Hanover, New Hampshire, and many of her 25 novels have been […]
At the same time more seagulls are showing up in coastal cities, their overall population is shrinking. What is going on with New England’s rascal bird?
Animals to tend, wood to cut, and outside the window, a fast-changing world.
Back in 1995, to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, Yankee asked its readers to send in their memories of V-E Day and V-J Day, which for many were both joyous and bittersweet occasions. This year, on the 75th anniversary, we went into the archives to share again these New England voices […]
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The Gifts We Need | Inside Yankee
I am writing this letter on the cusp of May. What the world and, in particular, New England will be like when you hold this issue remains a mystery. Will we be walking through the streets of Boston or Providence or Burlington? Will cars be streaming to Cape Cod? Will friends be over for a backyard barbecue? Will we lose ourselves in America’s pastime for a few hours at Fenway Park? Or will we still be doing the hard and essential work of staying home, helping to give everyone the best chance at emerging safely through these rough times?
We ask Peter Korn, furniture maker and founder of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine: Why do we need to make stuff?
Of the thousands of stories Yankee has published over the years, the most compelling are the ones about people on a quest complicated by impossible obstacles.
Once discovered, Maine’s Blue Hill Peninsula and Deer Isle are impossible to forget.
In Yankee’s July/August 2020 issue, we published a feature called “Resilience, Courage, and Hope,” which spotlighted some of our favorite profiles of New Englanders who overcame adversity. Due to space restrictions, we could include only excerpts in that feature — but here, we present links to many of the longer versions (and we’ll add the […]
Things that helped brighten our week, in the hopes that they will help brighten yours.