The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Historic Burying Ground Initiative, placed commemorative markers at the gravesite of twenty-five known Boston Tea Party participants at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in the North End on Friday morning. A total of sixty-three gravestones across Boston were marked by Read More…
Members of the St. Lucy Society would like to thank eveyone invloved in making our Feast a success. There was inclement weather over the weekend but that didn’t dampen anyones spirits and Monday turned out to be a perfect day for our Processon. We would also like to thank the devotees who always support the Read More…
(On the second anniversary of the dispersal of the Occupy Boston movement, North End resident Thomas F. Schiavoni recalls the mid-December 2011 removal of squatters from their Dewey Square encampment.) I. A Long Distance Call The phone rang as I was scarfing down breakfast. The tentative voice of my 21-year-old Italian cousin greeted me. Two Read More…
