#OTD, August 11, 1834, local nativists burned to the ground the Ursuline Convent in #CharlestownMA, objecting to the growing presence of #Catholics in the town.
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Civil War hero Thomas Cass died from battle wounds on July 12, 1862. He came from #Ireland at 9 months old + lived in #Boston's North End. A statue honoring Cass in the #PublicGarden is along Boston's #irishheritagetrail. Cass is buried at @MountAuburnCem
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June 17th is #BunkerHillDay in #Boston, a fight in 1775 between British soldiers & American colonists, including #Irish & #Scottish indentured servants, English descendants #AfricanAmericans + #NativeAmericans, a melting pot of what America would become. https://t.co/agWYuOPdUj
On March 28, 1847, the USS Jamestown sailed from Charlestown Navy Yard to Ireland, with 800 tons of supplies to help the victims of the Irish Famine. @IrishEcho@ForbesHouse@YourIslandPark@USNavy@EdforBoston
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This photo says it all: don't mess with Mary. Read about #charlestown's Mary Boyle O'Reilly, social reformer, intrepid traveler & daring journalist who snuck behind enemy lines in #WorldWarI to get her story. #irishheritagemonth#WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/Bgg7lnBCK9
History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
#GoldenBridges#Virtual 🌉
Join us live on Friday November 20th for the 12th annual gathering.
Registration this year will be free and will open soon.
Watch this space 😎
@RadioFreeTom@HarvardExt Great class! Was fortunate enough to take the course last spring. Have to admit, had to do a bunch of googling in relation to the Star Trek material. Never thought I would be researching what the hell a Klingon was. Ha. Star Trek writing - definitely political.
We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit.
Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period.