Congratulations are in order—the Georges Island Visitor Center is winning an award! The Boston Preservation Alliance has named the center, along with 11 other sites, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, and the Fan Pier Public Green, as a 2011 Preservation Achievement Award winner. The awards are presented for [...]
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In just a few weeks, the majority of us will only be able to visit the Boston Harbor Islands that are connected to the mainland. When regular ferry service ends after Columbus Day, those of us without private means to get to the islands will need to turn our focus back to the islands that [...]
Anyone who knows Union Park Press knows that we have a bit of a thing for the Boston Harbor Islands. Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, by Christopher Klein, was the first book published by the Press back in 2008, with an updated 2nd edition released this past spring. With the Mass Memories Roadshow focusing gathering [...]
Granted I’m pretty sure I couldn’t construct a dollhouse, let alone a single-family home, without at least one trip to the ER, but I do see some similarities between writing about history and building a home. To me, I find that major historical events–and the newspaper accounts and government records associated with them–provide the basic [...]
Last week I wrote about the first Revolutionary War skirmish at Boston Light between the patriots and the British on July 20, 1775. The British maintained control of Little Brewster Island and its strategically important beacon after the fight and immediately set about repairing the damage to the lighthouse. But a far deadlier battle awaited [...]
Remember that old Sesame Street segment with the song “One of these things is not like the other”? (What’s up with Grover’s voice in that clip, by the way? Sounds like he had a Freaky Friday moment with Cookie Monster.) You get four choices and have to tell which one is dissimilar from the others. [...]
This has truly been the summer of the Boston Harbor Islands. While the Boston Harbor Islands Alliance has been working hard for years to increase programming and improve accessibility to the islands, it seems like everything is falling into place for the National Park area this season. Between the opening of the stunning Boston Harbor [...]
“I’ll trade ‘ya three Justin Dimick cards for your Robert E. Lee.” You just might be hearing kids proposing this barter following the National Park Service’s release of its collection of Civil War Trading Cards. The 189 cards in the series feature prominent soldiers and politicians from the Civil War along with major historical events [...]
