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Fitchburg Forms Ladies Soldier's Aid Society
Fitchburg Forms Ladies Soldier's Aid Society
On this day in 1861, more than 100 women in the central Massachusetts town of Fitchburg formed a Ladies Soldier's Aid Society. The organization's mission was to support Union men on the front and assist...
Boston Movie Mogul Releases First Movie
Boston Movie Mogul Releases First Movie
On this day in 1918, Louis B. Mayer traveled from his Boston office to New York City for the premiere of his first movie release, the silent film Virtuous Wives. A decade earlier, Mayer had...
Springfield Dedicates Memorial to Dr. Seuss
Springfield Dedicates Memorial to Dr. Seuss
On this day in 2002, Springfield celebrated the completion of a memorial to a hometown hero, Dr. Seuss. Located in the Library and Museum Quadrangle is a bronze sculpture garden peopled with characters from Dr....
Children's Cancer Research Foundation Incorporated
Children's Cancer Research Foundation Incorporated
On this day in 1951 the Children's Cancer Research Foundation was incorporated. Founded by pioneering Boston physician Sidney Farber, it was the first cancer center in the country designed specifically for children. In the days...
Bedford Responds to "Boston Pamphlet"
Bedford Responds to "Boston Pamphlet"
On this day in 1773, the town of Bedford held its annual meeting. Along with the routine matters to be addressed, there was one unusual item of business. The Town Meeting was asked to decide...
John Updike Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters
John Updike Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters
On this day in 1964, John Updike was at 32 the youngest person elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Updike wrote more than 60 books — novels, poetry, drama, essays, memoirs, and...
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers Dies
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers Dies
On this day in 1960, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers died of a heart attack in a Boston hospital, just three days before the end of her nineteenth campaign. The longest-serving woman in congressional history, she...
George Peabody Thanks Danvers
George Peabody Thanks Danvers
On this day in 1853, George Peabody thanked the citizens of South Danvers for naming the high school in his honor and immediately set up a $200 account "to be expended as rewards of merit...
Islamic Society Breaks Ground in Roxbury
Islamic Society Breaks Ground in Roxbury
On this day in 2002, the Islamic Society of Boston held a ceremonial groundbreaking in Roxbury for New England's largest mosque and Islamic cultural center. The Society had grown from a handful of Cambridge-based students...
Christian Scientists Dedicate Mother Church
Christian Scientists Dedicate Mother Church
On this day in 1906, the recently enlarged Mother Church of Christian Science was dedicated in Boston. The original building seated only 1,000 people, and the church's growing popularity created the need for more space....