John Henry Wright News Today

ANNISQUAM (Massachusetts), Apr 3: Nothing much is known about the content and context of Swami Vivekananda’s first speech in the United States, which was about a fortnight before his historic Chicago address in September 1893, but the residents of this quiet seacoast village about 65 kilometers north of Boston, to this day remember him as a Hindu monk whose wisdom and intelligence exceeded that of a Harvard professor. “I think the impression that he (Swami Vivekananda) left was that her...

In summer, Massachusetts's coastal destinations like Salem, Cape Ann, Gloucester and Rockport come alive when large crowds of tourists swing by to enjoy the great outdoors, wildlife and local seafood delicacies.  These neighbourhoods of New England, only 40 miles from Boston, also have a rich history of driving early trade between the newly formed republic and the overseas

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