Image courtesy of bu.edu With Christmas and Hanukkah over, we’re through the heart of the holiday season… but there’s still one more event to plan for, and it’s right around the corner. If you haven’t nailed down plans for New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, don’t worry. Boston’s Best Cruises and the Friends of [...]
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Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands
Here we go again. Another plan floated to build a casino on the Boston Harbor Islands. With Massachusetts recently passing legislation legalizing the establishment of casinos, attention has turned to where those casinos will be located. On an appearance on 96.9 WTKK radio, the new head of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission was asked about Peddocks Island [...]
The Trustees of Reservations and Union Park Press are teaming up to give away an incredible gift this holiday season: a family membership to The Trustees of Reservations and one of the three Union Park Press books that feature the properties, so that you can read up and fully enjoy the sites as you visit [...]
The Trent Affair. For many Americans, the name probably rings a bell from high school history classes of yore. But do you really remember anything about this dusty relic of history? It was something to do with a politician’s extramarital relationship, right? Well, no. The Trent Affair was an international incident that occurred during the [...]
Happy Halloween, everyone. Salem hogs all the limelight when it comes to haunted happenings, but there are plenty of ghostly tales in Boston as well, including out on Georges Island. And this October 31 marks the 150th anniversary of a particularly noteworthy date in the history of Fort Warren, that granite garrison out on Georges [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
