Welcome to A Weekend in Boston, a weekly post about events occurring over the upcoming weekend throughout all of Boston. For events coming up in the North End, see the event calendar. For more information on each event, click on the event title. Remember a week ago when I said we have yet to see Read More…
Tag: Women’s March
Downtown View: DC – The Bad and the Good
Susan and I took the train to DC last Friday with lots of people and returned on Sunday. We stayed at Lois’s house. On Saturday we three went to the Women’s March on Washington. We wore our bubble-gum pink “Nasty (old) Woman” hoodies. (One of us is 83—probably one of the oldest participants.) Chatter about Read More…
Women’s March Draws 175,000 to Boston Common
The Women’s March in Boston attracted a tremendous number of demonstrators, estimated at 175,000 by Boston Police. The sister march to the national protest in D.C. was one of over 600 in across the country scheduled on Saturday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. After marching through the Beacon Hill and Back Bay Read More…
And Away They Rode Across the Political Divide
Road Trip Nation. Road Trip Neighborhood? An enthusiastic contingent of North Enders set out by car early Friday on a 441 mile road trip to the Women’s March on Washington scheduled Saturday in the nation’s capital — 24 hours after the inauguration of the 45th president. Some of their posters incorporated the culinary flavor of Read More…