The red sandstone church in the North End was built by French Canadians, but it has also embraced Portuguese and Central American newcomers.
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New Bedford has embraced the ‘tired, poor, huddled masses’ throughout its history
Immigrants fleeing famine, natural disasters, civil wars and other terrors have found a home in the arms of this historically diverse city.
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No tea, no party: Remembering New Bedford’s role in the Boston Tea Party
The Rotch family’s decision to carry hundreds of chests of taxable tea from England to Boston stirred colonists to take their boldest action yet against imperial rule.
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The first drops of Revolution; Remembering the Battle off Fairhaven
A daring rescue mission from New Bedford’s harbor pitted everyday farmers and sailors against the world’s most powerful navy. The most surprising part — they won.
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Native Americans on the 250th: Commemorate but not celebrate
A descendant of Massasoit and Paul Cuffe, Chief Robert Cox is developing inherited farmland into a food forest where both tribal and community members can find respite.
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The revolutionary imprisonments of Paul Cuffe
Both the British and the Americans jailed him for believing in the tenets of the Revolution. A ship’s captain and the son of a slave, he defied a British blockade — then refused to pay taxes without representation.
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Hidden plaque is New Bedford’s only tribute to Grey’s Raid
The city should use the 250th anniversary of the day the British burned New Bedford to create a more appropriate tribute to the seminal event.
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The good pirates of the South Coast
The men aboard the Warren saw themselves as patriots, fighting for their new country. To the British ship crews they attacked, they were pirates.
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How Old Dartmouth joined the American Revolution
Patriotic spirit swept through the South Coast in the years leading up to independence, newly transcribed town records show.