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Elmon Hendrickson, Commander of the Brookline American Legion Post 11, raising the U.S. flag.

Flag-Raising Ceremony Honors Brookline Slaves Who Fought In Revolutionary War

On Tuesday, students, teachers and members of the Brookline community came together for a flag-raising ceremony on Cypress Field honoring Adam, Peter and Prince,...

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...

Taft At Brookline

Brookline Celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Nobel...

Join together to honor the values and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as the community of Brookline marks the 60th anniversary...

Greek Government Officials Not Welcome At Boston’s Parade

The organizers of the Greek Parade in Boston, in an official announcement, have declared that Greek government officials are not welcome at this year’s...

2018 Town Of Brookline MLK Day Celebration

Please join us for Brookline's celebration of the life and values of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 3 p.m. Monday, January 15, 2018,...

JFK Centennial – May 29, 2017

The John F. Kennedy National Historic Site (83 Beals Street, Brookline) has asked Brookline Music School to join in the Centennial Celebration of JFK...

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...

July Morning

There I was on a July morning Looking for love... Uriah Heep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSWdLdp7po  

Massachusetts Historical Society Exhibition: “The Dye Is Cast: The Interest And...

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition, "The Dye is cast”: The Interest and Ideals That Motivated the Boston...

Harvard Museum Of Natural History

Specialties Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard's vast research collections at the University's most visited museum - dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of animals around...

Brookline Honors JFK During Centennial Celebration

A man of eloquent speeches, a drive for global unity, and a love for Boston creme pies, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been nothing short...

Public Schools Of Brookline Postpones Virtual Renaming Ceremony For Florida Ruffin...

The Public Schools of Brookline (PSB) announces that the virtual ceremony to celebrate the renaming of the Florida Ruffin Ridley School this afternoon has...

Remembering Brookline’s Sonia Paine: Survivor, Businesswoman, Fighter

She fled from the Nazis with her parents in 1939, fended off career criminal “Little Nick” when he tried to rob her, and distinguished...

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...

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,...
Roland Hayes

Town Reconciles With Black History

In 1619, a Dutch ship carried over 20 African slaves to the British colony of Jamestown, VA. This would be just the beginning of...

Town Of Brookline Invites Community Members To Memorial Day Program

Town Administrator Mel Kleckner and Brookline Veterans' Services Director William T. McGroarty wish to invite community members to the Town of Brookline's Memorial Day...

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...

Boston Fire Museum

Mission The mission of the Museum is to preserve and display fire fighting memorabilia from the Greater Boston area, educate and inform the general public...

Google Doodle Celebrates America’s Workers On Labor Day 2018

Google Doodle did not take the day off Monday, when it hailed the American worker on Labor Day. It has been a federal holiday since...

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Relive the event that started a Revolution! At the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum you can be a part of the famous event that...

Putterham School

Brookline, Massachusetts proudly boasts of owning a school house that is over two hundred years old. It is the Putterham School which was built...

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....

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,...

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,...

Brookline To Consider Indigenous Peoples Day Instead Of Columbus Day

A resolution has been brought forth in Brookline to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day rather than Columbus Day. The change...

Soul Witness, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project

Soul Witness, a work in progress documentary film by R. Harvey Bravman returns to the Coolidge after its well-received sold out Movie House 1 screening...

† 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...

Harvard Art Museums

Specialties In our newly renovated and expanded facility by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, our expanded Collections Galleries feature works from the ancient world to the...

Happenings Around Brookline

Thursday, Jan. 11 "Movement to Music and Imagination”: 11:00 a.m., Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, 615 Heath Street, Brookline. Free; space limited. For more information...