Before he became Abe Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a well known actor who so liked performing in Boston - at the Boston Museum theater on Tremont Street, next to the King's Chapel Burying Ground - that he bought a parcel on Commonwealth Avenue in the newly emerging Back Bay to build a home. Read more.
By adamg - 2/18/19 - 8:51 am
On Jan. 6, 1800, our own John Adams, then serving as president in the nation's capital of Philadelpha, declared a national day of mourning for George Washington, who had died less than a month earlier. The date chosen was Washington's birthday - Feb. 22.
Massachusetts declared its own day of mourning for Feb. 22 that year as well: Read more.
By adamg - 2/17/14 - 11:31 am
Leslie Jones had a long career as a news photographer. Among other things, he took photos of presidents from Roosevelt to Kennedy. On this Presidents Day, here are some of his photos.
By adamg - 2/17/14 - 9:52 am
Todd Prussman noticed some interesting shadows in the snow at Winnekenni Park in Haverhill yesterday.
Copyright Todd Prussman. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By JohnAKeith - 2/21/11 - 4:12 pm
It was "We can't put this off another day" day in the South End, I guess?
