Journalist and North End resident, Bob Skole, is profiled in the latest installment of the digital narrative project, North End Stories. Skole worked for The Italian News, having interviewed Tony Bennett and the Defense Secretary for the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Check out all the entries at www.NorthEndStories.com.
Tag: History
“Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston” Talk and Book Signing Event on January 12th
The North End Historical Society Presents A talk and book signing of Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston by Dr. Eileen Botting of the University of Notre Dame Thursday, January 12, at 6 p.m. Dr. Botting recently edited and published, for the first time, this manuscript history of Boston by Hannah Mather Crocker (1752-1829). Crocker was Read More…
Video: Paul Revere House Expansion Campaign
The latest news & video from the Paul Revere House in North Square: Learn more about the exciting expansion plans at the Paul Revere House! Phase 1 of the project, the careful restoration of the historic exterior of our new 3,600 square foot Education and Visitor Center, is now complete. We’ve raised more than $2.8 Read More…
Attack on Pearl Harbor to be Commemorated at Charlestown Navy Yard
Ceremony to be held in the Charlestown Navy Yard on the World War II destroyer USS Cassin Young WHAT: Pearl Harbor Survivors and Friends Memorial Service WHEN: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 12:30—1:00 p.m. WHERE: USS Cassin Young, Pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston National Historical Park WHO: Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Cassius Read More…
Join the North End Historical Society to Visit the USS Constitution Museum
On Saturday, December 3, 12:30 p.m., the USS Constitution Museum is offering a customized tour to the North End Historical Society of their core exhibit about the famous ship built and launched in the North End in October of 1797. North Enders who helped build Constitution, or served aboard her, will be highlighted on the Read More…
Photos: Blue Angels Flyover Boston
The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flew over Boston today around 12:30 pm, taking off from Logan, circling over Boston Harbor and then over Downtown. There were two planes practicing for the 1812 Bicentennial celebration scheduled for next year’s Harborfest over the 4th of July weekend. (Click thumbnails to enlarge and start slideshow.)
Boston Receives $400,000 From National Park Service To Connect Historic Downtown Sites
The National Park Service has awarded a $400,000 grant to Boston Transportation Department to “Connect Historic Boston” through walking and bicycle infrastructure between the T and NPS sites in the North End, West End, Charlestown and Downtown Boston. According to the release at today’s event: The “Connect Historic Boston” initiative will be driven by an Read More…
Famous Opera Scores Donated to NEMPAC
A special story from the North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC). One of NEMPAC’s private instruction parents, Anne Occhipiati, recently donated Opera scores used by Famous Spanish Opera Singer, Lucrezia Bori. After Bori’s death in 1960, her secretary Grazzini passed the scores to Occhipiati’s grandmother, Ann Gerisch. Gerisch worked for a foundation called the Bagby Foundation Read More…
National Register of Historic Places Includes Several Properties and One District in North End
The North End is chock full of history and one way to study it is to look at the properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. North End researcher, Anne M. Pistorio, has done just that and shares a list developed from records at the Boston Landmarks Commission. There are 10 properties listed Read More…
Hearing Bells at Old South Meeting House
Church bells were ringing throughout the city today as the Old South Meeting House gets one of the 46 “Revere Bells.” The site where the Boston Tea Party was launched in 1773 will receive a bell made at Paul Revere’s foundry made in 1801. The house already houses an original 1766 clock but has Read More…
Memorial Dedication on Prado for Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo, 1st Italian American Boston Police Officer Killed in the Line of Duty
On Saturday, October 8, 2011, a Memorial Dedication to late North Ender and Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo was held on the Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall, in Boston’s North End. The memorial plaque mounted on the brick wall is a tribute to Cuneo as the first Italian American Boston Police Officer killed Read More…
Italian – American Video Lecture & Slide Show by Historian Vincenza Scarpaci
Kicking off Italian Heritage Month, the North End Branch Library presented a special lecture and slide show this week on the Italian-American immigration experience. University of Oregon historian Vincenza Scarpaci is the author of The Journey of the Italians in America. In her book, the author takes a photographic approach towards unraveling the history and Read More…