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By Robert J. Allison, PhD
Today’s post is the first in a series of editorial “think pieces” touching upon some of the themes that will be…
NARCITY named the crypt at Old North Church & Historic Site to its list of 11 Secret Places in Boston You Never Knew Existed. We…
Last week, December 16th marked the 243rd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, one of the most remembered acts of resistance against…
By Mark Hurwitz
In the spring of 1768, John Hancock’s vessel, the Lydia, pulled into Boston Harbor after a transatlantic voyage.…
Unbeknownst to many, the Old North Church houses in its basement a crypt containing approximately 1,100 burials. From 1732 to 1860 the…
By Bernard Trubowitz
On October 20, 1878, North Enders awoke to a neighborhood full of familiar, unchanging edifices in an ever-changing…
It isn’t often that we can know exactly what someone was thinking on a specific date back in 1775, but today is one of those rare days. It was…
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In 1716, Arthur Savage displayed the first exotic animal to set foot in the American colonies. He exhibited a male…
By Kerry McDonough
Replacing hinges on six pew doors is a much bigger feat than it sounds!
This is just one of the many different types of…
Phase two of the Washington Memorial Garden Archaeological Dig is well under way under the auspice of City Archaeologist Joseph Bagley. Joe and his…