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Town Of Brookline Invites Community Members To Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony

Town Administrator Chas Carey and Brookline Veterans' Services Director William T. McGroarty wish to invite community members to the Town of Brookline's annual Veterans...

U.S. Marks The 17th Anniversary Of 9/11 With Somber Tributes &...

Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring...

Widow Harris House

The Widow Harris House was named after Hannah Winchester Harris, the wife of its first owner, Timothy Harris. It was built between 1772 and 1796...

Warren Anatomical Museum

The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren, whose personal...

Fireman’s Prayer In Remembrance Of 9-11

FIREMAN'S PRAYER   When I am called to duty God, Where-ever flames may rage, Give me strength to save some life, What ever be it's age. Help me embrace a...

† Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick")! This cultural and religious...

Pierce School’s Memorial Day Assembly

Brookline Police Officers who have served in the military participated in the Pierce School's Memorial Day Assembly. The Officers spoke about their service in...

Brookline’s Fire Stations Hold Moment Of Silence

As police and fire departments across the country remember those who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Commonwealth...
Ogden Standard, 03-20-1918

David E. Putnam

The Мaking Оf “Soul Witness,” The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project.

Sitting in a cabinet in a Brookline office, untouched for 20 years, was a stack of over 100 tapes containing 90 hours of testimonies...

McMullen Museum Of Art

About the McMullen Museum The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College organizes and presents innovative, multidisciplinary exhibitions that have received national and international recognition,...
Sarra Patton

Brookline Community Members Join Forces To Celebrate JFK’S Birth, Legacy

When the nation steps out on May 29 to honor those who died while serving the country in the armed forces, Brookline will also...

Inside The Birthplace Of President John F. Kennedy

Cape Codders like to claim President John F. Kennedy as their own, but the real bragging rights belong to the people of Brookline. The future...

Celebrating 50 Years Of The Caribbean American Carnival In Boston

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is pleased to announce the "Caribbean Americans & Politics: Celebrating 50 Years of the Caribbean American Carnival in Boston"...

Brookline Booksmith Brings Dan Rather To Boston

Dan Rather, the iconic former CBS Evening News anchor and journalist is coming to Boston next month. The Brookline Booksmith and WBUR will be...

We Will Never Forget

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on the morning...

JFK Birth Centennial Ends On Assassination Anniversary

A year of events marking the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth came to close Wednesday, exactly 54 years after his assassination. National...

National Hispanic Heritage Month At The BPD

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Brookline Police Department is honored to introduce you to Detective Carlos Crespo. Detective Crespo, a first generation...

Town Of Brookline Announces Veteran’s Day Programming

Town Administrator Chas Carey and Veterans Services Director Bill McGroarty are pleased to announce ceremonial programming and speaking details to honor America's military veterans...

Remains Of Brookline WWII Airman Returned

After 72 years of being missing in action the remains of Brookline WWII airman, Richard Horwitz, have been identified and returned to Massachusetts. Seventy-two years...

JFK Birth Centennial Ending Today On 54th Assassination Anniversary

A year of events marking the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth is drawing to a close exactly 54 years after his...

Museum Of Bad Art

MOBA's public gallery is in Dorchester Brewing Co. inthe Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Of over 800 pieces in the permanent collection, about 40 are exhibited....

Фонтанът ди Треви – La Dolce Vita

Това е най-големият бароков фонтан и една от най-големите забележителности в Рим. Името на монумента произтича от факта, че е разположен на малък площад,...

New Task Force Set To Review Devotion’s Name Due To Slaveholding...

“You just picture a little black kid having to walk into a school with the name of a slaveholder,” Brookline resident Deborah Brown said...

Edward Devotion House

The Edward Devotion House is one of the oldest colonial structures in Brookline. Owned by the town and administered by the Brookline Historical Society,...

Ice Cream On Sundays And Water From The Charles: A look...

Centuries after Brookline was established, it is easy to take for granted what makes Brookline, Brookline - from the representative Town Meeting to the...

Around Town

1. Learn about the journeys of four women writers at the Women’s Journeys in Writing event at the Brookline Public Library on March 22. Fiction...

The G. Edward Griffin’s Prophecies: 1969

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Massachusetts Historical Society Announces Doris Kearns Goodwin As Featured Speaker For...

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is thrilled to announce Doris Kearns Goodwin as the featured speaker for the 2024 Making History Gala. The highly...

Maliotis Cultural Center

Founding and mission In 1974, Costas Maliotis, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist from Belmont, Massachusetts, who had immigrated to the United States from Crete in 1915,...