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In Memory of Gertrude Thompson

ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

  • given to the earth
  • till eternity
  • her friends

Furnace Brook

Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

    Quincy Homestead

    Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR & the...

    Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR &...

    • 1635
    • 1686

    William Hutchinson's Grant

    1630 - 1930 WILLIAM HUTCHINSON'S GRANT IN WILLIAM HUTCHINSON'S HOUSE NEAR  THIS SPOT HIS WIFE ANNE TARRIED ON HER WAY TO RHODE ISLAND, EXILED FROM MASSACHUSETTS BY THE GENERAL COURT IN APRIL,...

    1630 - 1930 WILLIAM HUTCHINSON'S GRANT IN WILLIAM HUTCHINSON'S HOUSE NEAR  THIS SPOT HIS WIFE ANNE TARRIED ON HER WAY TO RHODE ISLAND, EXILED FROM MASSACHUSETTS BY THE GENERAL COURT IN APRIL,...

    • wollaston
    • quincy
    • massachusetts
    • south shore

    JOHN WINTHROP JR, BLAST FURNACE

    JOHN WINTHROP, JR. BLAST FURNACE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS IN 1644,JOHN WINTHROP JR, BUILT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLAST IRON FURNACE IN AMERICA AT...

    JOHN WINTHROP, JR. BLAST FURNACE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS IN 1644,JOHN WINTHROP JR, BUILT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLAST IRON FURNACE IN AMERICA AT...

      Montclair World War II Memorial

        Senator Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk

        Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

        Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

          Abigail Adams Birthplace

          ABIGAIL ADAMS  BIRTHPLACE  ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS,  THE WIFE OF JOHN  ADAMS, 2ND PRESIDENT,  AND MOTHER OF JOHN  QUINCY ADAMS, 6TH  PRESIDENT, WAS BORN  HERE IN 1744.  Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

          ABIGAIL ADAMS  BIRTHPLACE  ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS,  THE WIFE OF JOHN  ADAMS, 2ND PRESIDENT,  AND MOTHER OF JOHN  QUINCY ADAMS, 6TH  PRESIDENT, WAS BORN  HERE IN 1744.  Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525

            First Powder Mill

            FIRST POWDER MILL Near this site stood the "mill for making of powder at Unkety or Dorchester Mill" where gunpowder was manufactured for carrying on King Philip\'s War in 1675. After serving in...

            FIRST POWDER MILL Near this site stood the "mill for making of powder at Unkety or Dorchester Mill" where gunpowder was manufactured for carrying on King Philip\'s War in 1675. After serving...

              Grape Island Residents

              Submitted by @ScottKirsner

              Submitted by @ScottKirsner

              • dangerous temper
              • seafood
              • cold island spring

              The Life And Times Of The Boston Harbor

                Uphams Corner Health Center

                Submitted by Ben Becker

                Submitted by Ben Becker

                  Dorchester North Burying Ground

                    Dorchester North Burying Ground

                    IN MEMORY  OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF  DORCHESTER  AND OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE  WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE COLONIAL WARS 1675-1763 REVOLUTIONARY 1775-83 SECOND WITH ENGLAND 1812-13 MEXICAN...

                    IN MEMORY  OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF  DORCHESTER  AND OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE  WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE COLONIAL WARS 1675-1763 REVOLUTIONARY 1775-83 SECOND WITH ENGLAND 1812-13 MEXICAN...

                      Dorchester's History