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nBradstreet’snpoems were popular in both the Old and New World. n
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n Bradstreetnwas born in England, and she was well-educated (we have to add heren“for a woman”). She was married at age 16 and traveled to thenMassachusetts Bay Colony with a group of Puritan emigrants, whichnincluded her husband and her parents, in 1630. n
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nBradstreet’snfamily helped found the city of Boston and Harvard University. n
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nBradstreetnunfortunately had poor health, but she managed to have eightnchildren, move six times in order to further her husband’s dreams,nand still write a volume of poetry called The Tenth MusenLately Sprung Up in America. This book was published in London inn1650.
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nMexico’s Independence Day (El Grito)
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nGlyndwr Day in Wales
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nRosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
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nThisnholiday begins this evening at sundown and ends the evening ofnTuesday, September 18.