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Jigsaw Picture Puzzle: Prince Hall Freemasons in North End on Memorial Day

Posted on Author Matt Conti

The annual Prince Hall Freemasons Memorial Service is held at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground on Memorial Day weekend. Prince Hall (c.1735-1807) is buried there with a monument recognizing him as one of the first abolitionists and the founder of Black Freemasonry in the United States, now known as Prince Hall Freemasonry. Thousands of African Americans who lived in the Read More…
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67 Years Ago: Great Brink’s Robbery in Boston’s North End

Posted on Author Matt Conti

On January 17, 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place in Boston’s North End at the corner of Commercial and Prince Streets. Still known today as the “Brink’s Garage,” the property marks where $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders, and other securities were taken in the “crime of the century” and the Read More…
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St. John School Learns About Evacuation Day from South Boston Historical Society

Posted on Author St. John School

St. John School students received a lesson in local history last Friday, March 14 after the South Boston Historical Society stopped by the school to reenact the events of Evacuation Day. Led by Suffolk University’s History Chair, Professor Bob Allison, the troupe of re-enactors were all dressed in period clothing, and included a fife and a drummer, which Read More…

One Reply to “1954 St. Mary’s School Graduation – Can You Find Yourself?”

  1. I graduated four years later and my class had about fifty students. One long suffering, dedicated nun taught us all.
    Why do you suppose there was such a big jump in class size in just four years?

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