Irish Famine Memorial

The Irish have always been a part of Boston’s history, but in small numbers. During the Great Famine or “An Gorta Mor,” an incredible number of Irish fled their native land for a new beginning in America. Between 1845 and ...

Elaine Noble

Elaine Noble (1944- ) was the first openly gay person to run for state office and win. She served the Massachusetts State Legislature and represented Boston’s Fenway and Back Bay neighborhoods. She won her first term in 1974 and was ...

Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks died March 5, 1770 during the Boston Massacre. He is considered the first martyr of the American Revolution and later became a role model during the civil rights movement of the 1850s. Little is known about Attucks, but ...

Colonel Thomas Cass

Colonel Thomas Cass was born in Queens County, Ireland and then moved to Boston when he was nine months old. While in Boston he married, owned vessels that traded in the Azores Islands, had a share in a towboat company, ...

Chinatown Heritage Mural

The Chinatown Heritage Mural Located at Oxford Street and Oxford Place is a replica of Chinese artist Wang Yun’s “Autumn Mountains with Travellers.” The piece is hidden away in an alley among closely clustered buildings. The street used to be ...

Chinatown Gate

The South Cove area that the Chinese immigrants turned into their home was once home to all of the different immigrant groups throughout Boston’s history, with the Chinese being the last group to move into Boston. The Chinese began immigrating ...

BAGLY

The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) began in July of 1980 when youth members of the Committee for Gay Youth became frustrated with the adult leadership of the organization. These founders saw the need for ...

Arlington St. Church

On April 11, 2001, seven same-sex couples filed a suit against the Department of Public Health in the state of Massachusetts. These seven couples wanted the right of civil marriage extended to same-sex couples. The individuals’ reasons varied, but they ...

Cain and Abel

Did you know that the last execution held in Pensacola occurred at noon on July 30, 1920? The condemned man’s name was Hosea Poole who had been found guilty of brutally murdering his brother.

On a warm summer ...

The Pink Haired Madame

If you lived in Pensacola at the dawn of the 20th Century, venturing south on Palafox below Government Street meant that you were looking for entertainment of an adult variety.

Known to local citizens as “The Line,” the ...