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Photo Gallery: Restoring the Iron Fence for Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

Posted on Author Matt ContiComments Off on Photo Gallery: Restoring the Iron Fence for Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

The restoration of the iron work fence at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground continues this Fall with the woven steel and distinctive pieces now at Adamark Coatings in East Boston for blasting and refinishing. Mark Kochanski is one of the folks working on the project and he shares these close up photos of the iron fence restoration in progress.

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166 Friends of the North End Celebrate 45th Annual Reunion

Posted on Author Victor Passacantilli

On Saturday, the 16th, the Friends of the North End celebrated its 45th annual reunion. 166 boyhood friends from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Maryland and California assembled at the Sons of Italy Hall in Winchester to relive growing up in their cherished neighborhood. As has been their custom since the Read More…
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Historical Neighborhood Photo: Revolutionary Days

Posted on Author Lauren Milione

This week’s historical photo was submitted by Life on the Corner columnist Nicholas Dello Russo! The illustration from the New York Public Library shows how pivotal Boston, and specifically the North End, was in Revolutionary days — note the heavily armed war ships in the Harbor. King George must have been worried! Some historians believe the American Revolution Read More…
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Video: Old North’s Lantern Ceremony & Reading of Paul Revere’s Ride Poem

Posted on Author Matt Conti

The annual Lantern Ceremony on the eve of the 241st Patriot’s Day was held at Old North Church on April 17, 2016. The standing-room only event recalls the famous 1775 evening in Boston’s North End when two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church, signaling the departure of British regulars “by sea” and launching what Read More…