The Charlestown Mother’s Association (CMA) is pleased to announce this year’s CMA scholarship winners. This year, the applicant pool was our strongest ever, and the scholarship committee found it challenging to select from so many talented applicants. In the end,…
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Cherish Our History so it is not Lost Forever
Speech by James L. Nelson Monument Orator, June 17, 2011 I would like to thank The American Legion’s James W. Conway Bunker Hill Post 26, the Boston National Historical Park and the Bunker Hill Monument Association for the terrific honor…
Bunker Hill Day Commemorative Exercises Held on June 17
Commemorating the honored dead at Bunker Hill The morning of June 17 saw modern-day patriots gather at the top of Bunker Hill to remember those patriots who fought and died in this town on Saturday, June 17, 1775. This day…
Bunker Hill Day Commemorative Exercises to be Held June 17
The public is cordially invited to attend the Bunker Hill Day Commemorative Exercises, which will be held on Thursday morning, June 17. The program will begin with an Ecumenical Service at 9 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Church, 313…
188th Annual Meeting of the Bunker Hill Monument Association to be Held June 17
The 188th annual meeting of the Bunker Hill Monument Association will be held on Thursday, June 17, at noon at the Battle of Bunker Hill Museum auditorium, 43 Monument Square. Enter through the Monument Avenue entrance. The agenda will include…
Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle…
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer…
A Look at Boston from Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Day 2011
Author James L. Nelson, Monument Orator at Bunker Hill Day Commemorative Exercises
The Bunker Hill Day Commemorative Exercises, sponsored by James W. Conway Bunker Hill Post 26, The American Legion, under the auspices of the city of Boston, will be held on Thursday morning, June 17. These ceremonies will mark the 236th…
‘Old Ironsides’ Commemorates Memorial Day
Visitors watch from USS Constitution’s pier as the ship fires a 21-gun salute from her saluting battery (cannon) to commemorate Memorial Day.