All posts tagged "Quincy Mass."
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5.8KMassachusettsCharles Francis Adams Remembers Two Presidents
Charles Francis Adams was born with an advantage that allowed him to become one of the finest historians of his age: He...
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37.7K13ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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7.1K5MassachusettsYoung John Adams Struggles With School, Vexes His Parents
Young John Adams frustrated his pious father and vexed his hot-tempered mother with his dislike of school and love of the outdoors....
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6.4K1Arts and LeisureAl Capp Invents Sadie Hawkins Day — Sort Of
Centuries before Al Capp started the Sadie Hawkins Day fad in his Li’l Abner comic strip, women in Scotland and Ireland asked...
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3.2K2Business and LaborAnother Day of Infamy: Airing of the First TV Commercial
On Dec. 7, 1930, what is believed to be the world’s first TV commercial was aired from a primitive television station on...
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54.6K5Crime and ScandalMary Hellen Picks the Wrong Son of John Quincy Adams
Mary Hellen had her pick of John Quincy Adams’ three sons. She chose the wrong one. She was Louisa Adams’ niece, the...
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9.3K4MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams Grieves for His Mother, Abigail Adams
On Nov. 1, 1818, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, 51, was dreading news about his mother, Abigail Adams, even as he...
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3.2K3Business and LaborThe Clipper Ship That Built the Sailors Snug Harbor
The weatherbeaten old tars who found refuge in the Sailors Snug Harbor in Quincy, Mass., owed some of their comfortable retirement to...
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8.0K17Arts and LeisureThe July 3rd Bonfire Craze of the Early 20th Century
Setting a bonfire in celebrationswas a longstanding New England tradition. In Boston, bonfires lit up Pope Night and the celebration of the...
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8.7K24MassachusettsJohn F. Kennedy Born In Brookline, May 29, 1917
Rose Kennedy and her children, circa 1922. L-R: Rose Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy (seated in foreground), John F. Kennedy,...
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