The 2015 Annual Lantern Ceremony paid tribute to that night 240 years ago on April 18th when two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church, launching what would become the American Revolutionary War. Held on the eve of Patriot’s Day, the Lantern Ceremony is now in its 140th year. Mayor Marty Walsh was the keynote speaker Read More…
The 2015 Annual Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church on Sunday night was the highlight of Patriot’s Day weekend in Boston’s North End. The ceremony memorializes April 18, 1775, when two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church, launching what would become the American Revolutionary War. Signaling the departure of British regulars “by sea,” the two Read More…
Old North Church welcomed tartan wearing Scottish “clans” on Sunday in a tradition known as “Kirkin’ o’ Tartan.” In 1746, the Battle of Culloden marked the last major attempt by the Scots to regain independence from the English by force. In victory, the English punished the Scots by denying them the use of arms and made Read More…
The Old North Spring 2015 Speaker Series kicked off on March 25th with a public lecture entitled “Paul Revere: Beyond the Midnight Ride” featuring author Michael Greenburg, author of The Court Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty & America’s Forgotten Military Disaster. The free lecture was held at the historic Old North Church where the author revealed a far Read More…
Using its 360-degree online imagery, Google Street View has gone “off the streets” along Boston’s Freedom Trail sites. The interactive virtual experience is created using backpacks with 15 camera lenses each pointing in different directions allowing the Google system to stitch them into a panorama. The online destinations in the North End and other Boston sites adds to the Read More…
A barge bearing a heavy-lift crane appeared on the Charlestown waterfront this past weekend. It appears that a new watertight gate/door/caisson is being installed in the dry dock that will be used for the restoration of the U.S.S Constitution. These images show the caisson being put into place. The caisson was fabricated in Norfolk, VA and Read More…
Following a successful nine-year tenure as president, Mimi La Camera is stepping down from the Freedom Trail Foundation. La Camera became president in 2005, and brought growth and re-vitalization to the fifty year-old organization. Threatened with financial instability prior to her leadership, today, the Foundation is a fiscally healthy institution, with thriving marketing, educational, and Read More…
Here is another picture from the walls of Nick’s Tavern, my family’s bar on Lewis Street. The photo was taken during World War II when many North End boys were overseas serving their country. It appears to be a dinner honoring wounded and fallen servicemen. The woman in the middle is a Gold Star mother. Read More…
Cappy shares this 1954 class graduation picture from St. Mary’s School in Boston’s North End. Can you find yourself?
Contemporary artist, Ed Sokoloff, has finally found the logo and original menu for Stella Restaurant, formerly on Fleet Street in Boston’s North End. This was a “missing piece” in his famous North End restaurant collage project. Ed reports that he is planning an update of the North End collage soon. Shown here are portions of the menu Read More…
The fourth and final part of The Haymarket Project covers the Fall season with stories from the diverse vendors in Boston’s Haymarket. This episode includes interviews with: Roy Fournier, Harry’s Cheese and Cold Cuts Alyssa “Sina” Chhim Jonathan Chhim Scott Lampert The year-long project captures the varying atmosphere of each season at the market taking viewers on Read More…
Samuel Adams, one of the original Patriots, holds a deflated football in front of the Boston Tea Party Museum. This photo was captured by Joe Mendola who adds, “Incontrovertible evidence of deflating the football. Go PATS!” See past neighborhood photo posts.