The return of the Tall Ships to Boston Harbor this coming weekend will place a spectacular exclamation point to the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The international fleet of vessels will arrive in Boston Outer Harbor beginning Thursday and into…
Category: Editorials
Her legacy will endure
To the Editor, Charlestown has lost one of its most steadfast champions with the passing of Jean Tochterman, a founding member of the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard more than twenty years ago. Jean was a rare combination of…
The Words that Changed the World 250 Years Ago
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. When the members of the…
Enjoy a Safe & Sane 4th of July Weekend
When Americans celebrated the Fourth of July at the turn of the 20th century, they did so in such rowdy fashion that vandalism and destruction of both public and private property were commonplace. This rampant hooliganism was suppressed only when…
The Gay Rights Movement Began 57 Years Ago
this week Although Gay Pride Month is observed for the entire month of June, we wish to make note of the specific date and events during the nighttime hours on June 27-28, 1969, when a series of riots and demonstrations…
Five Years Ago This Week….
Five years ago this week, an unspeakable act of violence, motivated solely by racial hatred, shattered the peace and calm of an early-summer Saturday afternoon in the community of Winthrop. A 28 year-old white man, a native of Wareham who…
Letters to the Editor
Thank you Morrissey Family To the Editor, It was a great honor to be selected as one of the recipients of the Ryan “DUCE” Morrissey Scholarship in memory of Ryan. I am deeply grateful for your generosity and support as I…
Juneteenth is more significant than ever
Juneteenth, which has been a national holiday since 2021, marks the day when the Union Army entered the city of Galveston on June 19, 1865, and formally freed those who still were being enslaved in Texas. As the Union…
Bunker Hill Monument Association urges suspension of Monument Square Landmark District Study
The Bunker Hill Monument Association (BHMA) is calling upon the Boston Landmarks Commission and the Monument Square Landmark District Study Committee to suspend and nullify the current Monument Square Landmark District study process, citing material historical omissions, the absence…
FDA’s approval of fruit-flavored vapes is a step backwards
The recent decision by those in charge at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow for the sale of fruit-flavored vapes in the United States represents a huge step backwards after a longstanding ban of these fruit-flavored, nicotine-based…