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This day in historyToday is Monday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2012. There are 336 days left in the year.
This Day in HistoryToday is Sunday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2012. There are 337 days left in the year.
This day in historyEvents on this day in history
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10 Boston lives tell the tale of the Civil WarFor them, the Civil War was a profound, heroic, and sometimes tragic extension of a deeply held cause to which they were wholly committed.
A window to Randolph’s pastIn an effort to enlighten residents about Randolph’s rich historical past, the Randolph Historical Society is offering a series of free summer events. The “History Around Us’’ series will kick off with a tour of Central Cemetery next Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Before the bridges, they’d flock to the happening place: OnsetWAREHAM — Onset holds many secrets. Many don’t know that the village in the town of Wareham was once a summertime destination for world-famous entertainers like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and W.C. Fields, as well as chorus line dancers from Broadway. Or that it once had a casino that hosted big band concerts, huge dance parties, and wrestling ...
Residents recall January 1942 visitJohn Thomas was just 2 years old when Eleanor Roosevelt came to his Hingham neighborhood on Jan. 6, 1942. But he heard the details of the visit many times from his mother.
Inspiring Mrs. RooseveltA month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt set out to capture the nation’s idealized spirit. She ended up producing a paean to Hingham.
War storiesIn 1861, a day after he turned the minimum enlistment age of 18, Duxbury resident Herbert Chandler signed up to fight for the North in the Civil War. He was joined by 214 others from his town — including 14-year-old Charles Rogers and seven other teens, who apparently all lied about their ages.
