They probably had no idea who Eltiro Carafoli was. But everybody liked Cherry.
He was a working guy, somebody everyone knew. He worked at the Quincy shipyard and dug clams and worms and sold them as bait at his second job, managing a gas station on Water Street during the late 1950s and early ’60s.
The Plymouth Redevelopment Authority is a day late and a dollar short, so to speak, at least according to Planning Board Chairman Marc Garrett.
The Plymouth Antiquarian Society invites the public to “Women’s History on the Hill,” a free public tour of Burial Hill to be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. Learn about women’s changing roles and experiences over the centuries and encounter some of Plymouth’s most intriguing historic women. Be among the first to hear the compelling life story of the last person to be interred on Burial Hill, as tour guide Donna Curtin reveals her latest research on an extraordinary local woman, Anna Klingenhagen.
The first screening of Saving the Reality, a documentary based on the book Museum of World War II, was hosted Jan. 14 at Plimoth Cinema, which is located at Plimoth Plantation.
The documentary uses the remembrances of World War II veterans, along with the collection of Museum of World War II articles as a backdrop for this historic recording of some of history’s inescapable moments.
It could require the dawning of the age of Aquarius. You know – planets aligning, peace and harmony, and love steering the stars. But will that kind of unity and consensus happen with the 1820 Courthouse?
Planning Board Chairman Marc Garrett says he just doesn’t know.
OCM Editor Tamson Burgess was a recent guest with About.com and presented the commentary for the website's Historical Tour of Plymouth video.
Like many, Nancy Bishop Ward has always helped out when she could.
She was always sure to buy extra groceries to give to the food pantry or make a contribution to help the homeless.
Linda Coombs, associate director of the Wampanoag Indigenous Program at Plimoth Plantation, will present "Wampanoag People's Relationship with the World Around Them" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Bourne Historical Center, at 30 Keene St., Bourne.
A storehouse of local history crumbled to the ground one wall at a time in North Plymouth Monday as demolition crews began tearing down a more than 100-year-old warehouse at Cordage Park.
He signed legislation allowing casino gambling in Massachusetts Tuesday, but Gov. Deval Patrick said the new law had nothing to do with his trip to the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth Plantation.
Though the new law will give Mashpee Wampanoags the chance to bid on a regional casino, the governor said his afternoon visit to the living history museum’s Native American village was purely coincidental.
