Month: June 2019
100th Anniversary Battle of Bunker Hill Parade Steps Off Sunday in Hayes Sq. At 12:30 P.M.
The Battle of Bunker Hill Parade this year will be a combination of celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the American Legion Post in Charlestown – with dignitaries from all over the country marching – as well as celebrating the…
Flower Power New Floral Program Will Be Highlighted at Bunker Hill Associates Breakfast
The flowers at the center of each and every table this Sunday morning at the Bunker Hill Associates power-packed breakfast won’t come from a fancy downtown floral gallery. Instead, they’ll come from the hands of 10-year-olds from Charlestown – kids…
Transcending Forest: Lush Entrance to Encore a Complete Change to Area
When one passes by the lush new landscape at the entrance to Encore Boston Harbor next to the Charlestown line, think Buffalo. Buffalo? Yes, in fact it is Buffalo, New York that has provided most all of the mature spruce…
Conor Kelly, of Charlestown, Receives Teamsters Local 25 Scholarship
Teamsters Local 25 awarded college scholarships worth $60,000 to 30 high school students at its May 19 membership meeting, held at the Local 25 Union Hall. Conor Kelly, of Charlestown, was among the recipients. A recent graduate of Pope John…
BPD Remembers Officer James T. Malloy
BPD Remembers the Service and Sacrifice of Officer James T. Malloy Who Was Killed in the Line of Duty June 4, 85 Years Ago: The men and women of the Boston Police Department remember the service and sacrifice of Officer…
Stormy Seas: Navy Yard Tall Ship Restaurant Hits Iceberg
No sooner had the Caledonia tall ship arrived in Boston than it began to find a hole in its plan. The tall ship restaurant and lighting activation proposal had been championed by a team of Navy Yard businessmen, and won…
Councilor Edwards Invites Marchers to the Bunker Hill Day Parade
Councilor Lydia Edwards invites members of District One — Charlestown (especially!), The North End, and East Boston to march with her and her staff behind the Lydia Edwards banner during Sunday’s parade. The Bunker Hill Day Parade commemorates the Battle…
Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775 Special Issue Antique Dealer to Put up Bunker Hill Monument Historical Artifacts for Sale
The Raab Collection, the nation’s leading dealer in important historical documents, announced this week that it has acquired and will be offering for sale an unprecedented archive of nearly 400 documents, many unpublished, showing the efforts of men to build…
General Joe Warren: A Rebel and Martyr Who Put It All on the Line
The legend of Gen. Joe Warren is unavoidable in Charlestown and Boston – his leadership and martyrdom in the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775 – but one new author who has written a new take on the…