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Why we only recall 13 colonies instead of 14

EaBo Clipper recounts how Revolutionary fervor in Nova Scotia was squashed. Our own Evacuation Day played a role in the story.

Prithee, does this train go to Bunker Hill Community College?

Redcoat on Orange Line

Only in Boston: On the Orange Line between State and Downtown Crossing this afternoon.

Tour de Waltham

Chris Klein returns us to the halcyon days of yore when the Waltham Bicycle Park was one of the premier bicycle-racing venues in the world.

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A good day to visit Bunker Hill

Local Spice is not afraid to admit being one of those people who gets Bunker Hill Day off; takes the opportunity to visit Bunker Hill:

... I've admittedly been to the monument before, but this was my 1st time scaling the monument's 294 steps, and then competing with the tourists at the top to get a look out the windows and take my snappy pictures. ...

Church and state: How Grendel's Den got its liquor license

Back in the day, Massachusetts churches were allowed to veto nearby bars. In this video, a BU law professor explains how Grendel's Den challenged the law - and won in a Supreme Court decision. The church was eventually torn down and turned into a Peet's.

Would-be Charlestown city councilor would eliminate Charlestown-based holiday

Chris Kulikoski, running against incumbent Sal LaMattina in district 1 (North End, East Boston and Charlestown) says he would work to eliminate Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as paid city holidays:

Boston has a proud history and Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day are certainly part of that history. However, when the city, the state and the country are in a financial crisis, now is the time to look at saving taxpayer money and to phase out these holidays for city workers. When we are potentially laying off school teachers, police and firefighters, it is irresponsible to defend these benefits that ordinary taxpayers don’t enjoy. We all love holidays, but I would suggest that if city councilors and city workers want those days off, they take a personal day - like the rest of us have to.

The city council this week passed a resolution - sponsored by LaMattina - to oppose efforts in the state legislature to eliminate the two holidays, on which city and state workers, and public-school students, in Suffolk County get paid days off.

Bunker Hill Day is this Wednesday.

If You'd Like Some Nostalgia With Your Lunch...

Shopping Days In Retro Boston (curiously enough, a website by a fellow in the UK) has some great stuff about the early days of Filene's

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JP's historic Green Street

Mark Bulger is leading a free tour for the Jamaica Plain Historical Society of Green Street:

... Learn about blacksmiths and harnessmakers, schools and factories. Green st. was the home to a trailblazing professional woman and a world-class manufacturer. ...

A personal connection to D-Day

Joshua Dawson thanks his grandfather, who ran one of the boats that ferried soldiers to Omaha Beach:

... In the summer of 2001, I was fortunate enough to visit Normandy – it is one of the most humbling experiences a human can go through. One morning, I walked down to the beach at Omaha Beach, trying to picture what that morning could have looked like. I also tried to imagine how someone like me, at age 18, could have realized the magnitude of the mission they had embarked on. ...

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