North End Stories continues its digital narrative talking to Sam Viscione who shares how he and his friends would walk from the North End to Fenway Park each weekend to play baseball and watch the Red Sox play. See all the interviews at NorthEndStories.com.
Join us for a one hour visit to America’s first public school for African-American children and America’s oldest black church building. North Enders of African descent helped establish the black settlement in the West End, beginning before the Revolution. Join history teacher and popular National Park Ranger Dana Smith for a brief video in the Read More…
On Wednesday evening October 24, 2012 the Italian American War Veterans ITAM Post 8 of Medford, whose membership is made up of mostly former and present North End men held a tribute to the former Blue Front Restaurant that was located at the lower end of Hanover street from 1933 to 1983. The restaurant was Read More…
North End Stories is back recording and documenting the lives of long time North Enders, including the first in a series of interviews with Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione about growing up in Boston’s North End. In this video, Charlie and Sam discuss their first jobs and the money saving ways of their mother’s. See Read More…
Reminiscing about 35 years at Lucia Ristorante, the Frattaroli family hosted a grand celebration on Hanover Street on Wednesday evening. Lucia owner Donato Frattaroli and brother Filippo served classic Italian favorites including a huge pancetta (pork roast) to hundreds of friends in attendance. Sister Anna was also on hand from the family as was Arturo, Read More…
There are two statues of famous North Enders in the neighborhood. Colonial patriot Paul Revere is honored in the Prado. And now, there is a bronze of Italian American boxing legend, Tony DeMarco, on the corner of Hanover Street and Cross Street at the gateway to the North End. The pride of the North End, Read More…
The Freedom Trail Foundation presented “big checks” on Tuesday to celebrate grants for Copp’s Hill Burying Ground and Old North Church as part of major restoration projects at both North End historic sites. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak, Reverand Stephen T. Ayres, representatives of the Freedom Trail Foundation, Old North Church Read More…
The North End Historical Society has announced two Fall programs described below. FALL PROGRAMS The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: Justice on Trial October 4 (Thursday) at 6:00 p.m. Otis House Museum, 141 Cambridge Street, West End, Boston Join us for a lecture presented by Barbara Berenson, senior attorney with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Read More…
The Old North Church and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, both in Boston’s North End, will benefit from $100,000 in grants awarded by the Freedom Trail Foundation. Details in the press release below. A check presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 10:30 am at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. FREEDOM TRAIL FOUNDATION PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS Read More…
Pulling together various images, posts, tweets, videos, the following storify shows bits and pieces from today, 9/11/12, with a focus on events in Boston and remembrances from those in the area. [View the story “9/11 in Boston” on Storify] 9/11 in Boston Storified by NorthEndWaterfront.com · Tue, Sep 11 2012 18:46:28 RT @BeaconUpdate: Students and Read More…
News from the Paul Revere House in North Square: FALL LECTURE SERIES “A War so unpopular . . . cannot be Supported”: New England and the War of 1812 To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the War of 1812, the Paul Revere Memorial Association, in cooperation with the Old South Meeting House, Read More…
The Saco and Venzetti Commemoration Society is sponsoring a free lecture by Ted Grippo on Wednesday, 7pm, August 29, 2012 at Dante Alighieri, 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Grippo will talk about recent evidence supporting a conspiracy to frame the North End Italians, Sacco and Vanzetti.