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On this day in 1798, the Massachusetts Legislature conducted its first day of business in the newly built State House.
In 1930, Boston celebrated its 300th birthday. Even as City leaders led celebrations of Boston’s past, they planned for the City’s future.
In 1966, Boston Mayor John Collins spearheaded an effort to send holiday packages to servicemen in Vietnam.
Our City's tradition of lighting a Nova Scotia Christmas Tree began with a terrible tragedy.
On this day, in 1889, the Newsboys Reading Room Association reserved Faneuil Hall for a “dinner for the Newsboys and Bootblacks” of Boston.
On this day in 1893, Eliott Joslin, a Boston physician, examined Mary Higgins, a young girl suffering from diabetes. Mary Higgins’ case was the first entry that Joslin made in a ledger that he kept...
On July 27, the Boston Transit Commission took this photograph to survey progress on the Tremont Street subway.
Today’s post looks at a significant moment in Boston’s history: the heyday of urban renewal and the plan for Government Center.
Today, we’re highlighting our collection of Boston Almanacs. This 1836 Almanac was published by S.N. Dickinson, located at 52 Washington Street.
On June 26, after smallpox broke out in Boston, Dr. Zabdiel Boylston inoculated his 13-year-old son with the controversial smallpox vaccine.
On this day, in 1865, Union General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 to the inhabitants of Galveston, Texas, signaling the end of slavery in the United States of America.
On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam on Pennsylvania’s Little Conemaugh River broke. 16 million tons of water spilled over the dam and swept towards Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 14 miles downstream.
On this day in 1660, Mary Dyer was executed on the Boston Common for defying her banishment from Boston.
On May 30, 1868, Bostonians observed the country’s first Memorial Day.
On May 24, 1854, federal marshals in Boston arrested Anthony Burns, a fugitive from slavery. His arrest touched off protests across the City.
Today's Archives' blog post is a guest post by urban historian Max Grinnell. Max visited the City Archives a few weeks ago to look at some of our documents and dig into their history.
Today's Archives' blog post is a guest post by urban historian Max Grinnell. Max visited the City Archives a few weeks ago to look at some of our artifacts and dig into their history.
On May 5, 1873, a group of Bostonians asked Boston’s Board of Aldermen to ban the game of baseball from the Boston Common.
Kathryn White, first lady of Boston from 1968 to 1984, passed away on May 1.
On May 1, 1809, construction began on Park Street Church. Five years earlier, in 1804, a small group of Bostonians began to meet for weekly lectures and prayer.
