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Running Towards History

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by Kathryn Leann Harris in Commemorative Sites

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Back Bay, Boston, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Public Library, Commemoration, history, museums, sports, Sports history, sports museums

239 years ago Paul Revere took his famous ride from Boston to the countryside

174 years ago Irish immigrants sought refuge in Boston from the potato famine

96 years ago the Red Sox won the World Series and wouldn’t win it again for 86 years

54 years ago the first Catholic, Boston’s John F. Kennedy Jr., was elected president

1 year ago terrorists bombed the finish line of the Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon bombing is not history, yet. Continue reading →

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