By Rob Super In 1975 as part of the celebration of the United States Bicentennial, President Gerald Ford lit the “Third Lantern,” a lantern that still hangs in Old North Church’s sanctuary, to commemorate the hanging of the signal lanterns on the night of April 18, 1775. President Ford remarked that Two hundred years ago […]
Beneath Boston
By Erin Driscoll Chan Krieger and Associates “Boston Over Time: Filling In the Land 1630-Present,” 2008. For thousands of years before Europeans arrived, Native Americans lived on the narrow 800-acre Shawmut Peninsula. As illustrated in “Boston Over Time: Filling In the Land 1630-Present,” much of modern Boston rests on nearly 5,000 acres of added land, […]
Victorian Mothers and their Progressive Daughters: Examining early 20th Century Reforms through one Beacon Hill Family
By Elise Couture-Stone Editor’s Note: This piece marks our final contribution in celebration of Women’s History Month. You can learn more about the Nichols Family by visiting the Nichols House Museum or by visiting their website at http://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/ Tucked away in one of Boston’s most famous neighborhoods, stands a small, unassuming brick house. Federalist in architecture, […]