Almost all that has ever happened, been built, made, said, or done in Boston – curated by historians and compiled by the entire community.
Returning after a year in France to resume his service in the Colonial army, Lafayette lands at Hancock’s Wharf, where […]
The son of John and Elizabeth (Williams), Samuel Armstrong, attends public schools, is orphaned at 13, and becomes a printer, […]
Twenty-three boys and two officials from the Boston Farm School drown when their boat, the Polka, capsizes while returning to […]
Members of Temple Ohabei Shalom petition the city to set aside a corner of an existing East Boston cemetery for […]
In a letter, he writes: “They keep the price of labor within bounds. . . If our Southern people could […]