Old broadsides and receipts offer hints to America's Black Revolutionary War soldiers
Their stories were not well preserved in art or textbooks, yet recent scholarship in Concord and Lexington aims to uncover more about these men and their families.
50 years ago, one man made history as Boston Marathon's first official wheelchair athlete
In 1975, Bob Hall was the first wheelchair competitor in the Boston Marathon. Since then, nearly 1,900 wheelchair athletes have followed.
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How local officials and institutions are pushing back against the Trump administration
"[Harvard University] is being held up as an example by people who want key American institutions to do more to resist Trump's push for complete control across all sectors of society," says GBH Political Reporter Adam Reilly. -
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Vintage recording details an eyewitness account of Lexington, Concord battles
In the 1950 recording, preserved by GBH Archives, a Waltham doctor recalled his great-grandmother’s childhood account of the chaos on the first day of the Revolutionary War. -
The Old South Church bell tolls for marathon winners. He gets to ring it.
David Vogan has been ringing the bell to mark the marathon’s victors since the ’90s. -
Worcester Public Schools superintendent stepping down in June
Rachel Monárrez accepted a superintendent position in California.
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