Historic Sites and History

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (159+ words) A patron identified only as John walked into Concord Public Library with a magazine that was 48,220 days overdue — a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine that had been sitting in his house for decades. Under the library's theoretical…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (38+ words) Emotional memorials were held in Massachusetts, 25 years after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. WBZ-TV's Tammy Mutasa reports. Emotional memorials were held in Massachusetts, 25 years after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. WBZ-TV's Tammy Mutasa reports....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (74+ words) Cambridge officials marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a Friday morning ceremony near Kendall Square and a synchronized moment of silence at all the city’s firehouses. Camberville: Cambridge marks 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with memorials across town…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (86+ words) A new study found that Massachusetts is one of the happiest states in the country. According to a new report from WalletHub, the state ranked 13th in the U.S. The rankings were determined by the physical health of residents living in the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (146+ words) In 1836, that prison gave way to a courthouse, which became a landmark anti-slavery site in 1851 when abolitionists stormed the building to rescue escaped slave Shadrach Minkins. The courthouse was replaced by the present building in 1912. The site also has a…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (652+ words) From Puerto Rican families rooted in the state for generations to newer arrivals from across Latin America, Massachusetts is home to a growing number of residents with Latino or Hispanic origins — nearly 1 in 7 residents in 2024, just over 1 million people. That…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (685+ words) ON this coming Friday 255 years ago, save counting on your fingers that’s September 11, 1771, the doors of Worcester Royal Infirmary opened for the first time. However, back then it wasn’t royal, neither was it the city’s first hospital. Worcester already had…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (95+ words) The 375th anniversary of the Battle of Worcester will be commemorated with a black-tie dinner. The event, which marks the defining and concluding battle of the English Civil War, will take place at the Bishops Palace on Deansway, Worcester on Saturday,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (252+ words) (CAMBRIDGE, Md) – Throughout the month of September, local group Alpha Genesis will be honoring the abolition work of Harriet Tubman, highlighting everything she did on the Underground Railroad as well as the impact she’s had even to this day. The summit…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) 09/01/2026 By Julie Chen The UMass Lowell community will gather at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, for the university’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the 9/11 memorial sculpture “Unity,” behind Leitch Hall. The ceremony will honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and remember members of the UMass…...