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| | Hingham History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Settled not many years after the Mayflower reached these shores, Hingham grew through the efforts, faith and determination of a handful of people from Hingham, England, and other towns in the southwest part of that country, looking for a better life than they had left, one free of religious and economic oppression. |
 | | The names of early families resound in Hingham today, because of the profound effect they had on the development of the town and because many of their descendents continue to live here, names like Hobart, Lincoln, Beal, Loring, Otis, Cushing, Gardner, Whiton and Fearing. |
 | | Hingham also has been in the forefront during national crises, including the Revolution, when native son Gen. Benjamin Lincoln fought alongside George Washington, and World War II, when the Federal government established here an important shipyard that turned out hundreds of vessels for the war effort. |
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