[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XG4xhmMNTg] The March 10, 2014 meeting of the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) started with several community reports as shown in the attached video. 00:00 Welcome, Call to Order & Roll Call by NEWNC President Philip Frattaroli 00:40 Meeting Protocol by NEWNC Vice President, John Pregmon 01:10 Report by Nicole Leo, Mayor Read More…
Thanksgiving Traditions and Christmas Controversies Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM
Did early Bostonians celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas? Would Paul Revere put up holiday decorations, or exchange gifts with his many children? How did people in colonial Boston mark the darkest season of the year? Come to the Paul Revere House, home of Boston’s favorite patriot, to find out. We invite you to immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, smells, even tastes of the holidays in colonial Boston!
Costumed interpreters in the Revere House, c. 1680, and neighboring Pierce-Hichborn House, c. 1711, will acquaint visitors with colonial thanksgiving traditions and controversies surrounding the observance of Christmas. Both houses will feature period appropriate displays of tropical fruits, prized by the colonists for their bright colors as much as their sweet flavors. Discover why Boston banned any observance of Christmas at times during the 1600’s. Learn how by the Reveres’ era, even Puritans sometimes treated themselves to delectable thanksgiving feasts scheduled suspiciously close to December 25, and visited Anglican churches to enjoy the greenery and festive music.
St. John School hosted our annual science fair this past week. Our 5th – 8th grade students presented their experiments to an audience of their peers along with their parents and a host of judges including our science teacher, Dr. Anne King and several members of the Coast Guard. The Science Fair gave our students Read More…
