Subject: America's Best Small Towns, This Weekend's Supermoon, The Hindenburg Disaster, and More in the Insider Newsletter
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The 20 Best Small Towns in America
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From the Berkshires to the Cascades, weve crunched the numbers and pulled a list some of the most interesting spots around the country
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(Think Fast Answer: Benjamin Franklin)Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" political cartoon is believed to be the first published in America. The cartoon appeared in Franklin's newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, on May 9, 1754