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PARTNERSHIP OF THE HISTORIC BOSTONS
Our
Partnership was established in 1999 to recogize and celebrate the
unique and important historical connections existing between Boston,
Lincolnshire and Boston, Massachusetts. The Partnership was approved by
the Boston Borough Council in Lincolnshire in February 1999 and
endorsed by Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston, Massachusetts in October
1999. The original Boston supplied our city with its name and sent 10%
of its population to Massachusetts in the 1630s. Our Partnership is a
non-political ~ non-profit organization. Our mission is to enrich the
lives of those in the Greater Boston Area (and USA) by creating and
presenting educational and cultural programs and events to develop a
greater understanding and appreciation of the common, enduring legacies
of the two Bostons. We plan, initiate and complete projects that
support our Partnership's objectives.
http://www.historicbostons.com
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MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES
Established in 1974 as the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities is a programming and grant-making organization that receives support from the NEH and the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as private sources. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of 25 directors who reflect the social and geographic diversity of Massachusetts.
http://www.masshumanities.org
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BOSTON FOUNDATION
Founded in 1915, the Boston Foundation was one of the first community foundations and today is one of the largest, with assets of over $530 million. The Foundation is made up of over 750 separate funds which this year distributed more than $53 million in grants. A convener and community leader, the Foundation sponsors special initiatives, convenes groups of people to explore important issues, and works with other organizations and with government to find new ways to build community.
http://www.tbf.org
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BOSTON GREENSPACE ALLIANCE
Founded in 1984, Boston GreenSpace Alliance is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection, creation, care and use of Boston's parks and open spaces. The Alliance is the recognized leader on open space issues in Boston and serves as a "watchdog and voice" on policy and planning matters affecting open space in the City. Since its founding, Boston GreenSpace Alliance has worked with public and private groups to help create, manage, and maintain the City's parks, playgrounds, plazas and urban forestry.
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BOSTON HISTORY COLLABORATIVE
The Boston History Collaborative, established in mid-1997, is a not-for-profit alliance of five groups: senior historians from area universities; museums, historic sites and libraries; the Greater Boston tourism industry; city, state and federal government agencies; and downtown businesses. Its mission is to position Greater Boston as one of the world's primary destinations for historical tourism by offering visitors and residents educational and entertaining programs developed through collaboration.
http://www.bostonhistorycollaborative.org
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BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL
The Boston Latin School is the oldest school in the United States. It was founded April 23, 1635, by the Town of Boston, antedating Harvard College by more than a year. The curriculum of the school is centered in the humanities. From its beginning, Boston Latin School has taught its scholars dissent with responsibility and has persistently encouraged it. Graduates include Samuel Adams, Henry Ward Beecher, Leonard Bernstein, James Bowdoin, Phillips Brooks, Charles Bulfinch, Francis James Child, Charles Devens, Charles William Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Maxwell Evarts, Edward Everett, Arthur Fiedler, John Bernard Fitzpatrick, Benjamin Franklin, Christopher Gore, Edward Everett Hale, John Hancock, Matthew Harkins, Henry Lee Higginson, William Hooper, Joseph P. Kennedy, Henry Knox, Samuel Langdon, Samuel Pierpoint Langley, John Leveret, Cotton Mather, Wade H. McCree, Jr., Martin Milmore, John Lothrop Motley, Robert Treat Paine, Wendell Phillips, Edward Charles Pickering, Josiah Quincy, George Santayana, Samuel Francis Smith, Charles Sumner, John Collins Warren, and Robert Charles Winthrop. Today, Boston Latin School is an exam school of the Boston Public Schools, serving approximately 2401 young men and women in grades seven through twelve with a rigorous academic curriculum.
http://www.bls.org
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| BOSTON PARKS 2004
Boston Parks 2004 is the springboard into a new century of renewed commitment to urban parks and open spaces. The campaign’s lasting effects include a coordinated parks constituency of 25,000 greenspace advocates, annual citywide park events, stronger park and open space groups, and increased funds for park planning, maintenance and capital projects resulting in improved quality of life for every citizen of Boston.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks
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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first library to lend a book, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children's room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public.
http://www.bpl.org
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BOSTONIAN SOCIETY
Founded in 1881 to save the Old State House from being moved to Chicago, The Bostonian Society is the historical society for the city of Boston. Through library and museum collections that date from the 1630s to the 21st century, exhibitions on the American Revolution and Boston's neighborhoods, and programs for adults and children, the Society brings Boston history to life. With a museum within the 1713 Old State House, the Society provides a comprehensive historical and educational resource.
http://www.bostonhistory.org
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BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE
The BSE's roots go back to the 1830s when Bostonians were looking for new ways to invest the wealth they had earned through shipping, banking, and insurance. As New England's - and the nation's - industry grew, capital had to be raised to expand the region's businesses and fund larger enterprises. To meet this need, 13 business leaders founded the Boston Stock Exchange in 1834 as the third U.S. stock exchange, creating a meeting place for local stock brokers to trade their shares. Initially, only the stocks of local banks and insurance companies were traded on the new exchange. Soon mill, railroad, utility, and canal stocks were added. In 1878, AT&T was listed just two years after Alexander Graham Bell had invented the telephone in his Boston workshop. In fact, capital raised in Boston funded many of the factories, mines, and railroads that fueled the economic expansion of the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today, the BSE is an integral part of Boston's financial community, which is the third largest investment management center in the world, eclipsed only by New York and London. Boston, the birthplace of the mutual fund, is now arguably the "mutual fund capital" of the world with literally trillions of dollars invested in funds managed here.
http://www.bostonstock.com
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CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
The Children's Museum in Boston exists to help children understand and enjoy the world in which they live. The Museum wants children to grow up feeling secure and self-confident with respect for others and the natural world. It encourages imagination, curiosity, questioning and realism; it provides opportunities for new insights, involvement with the world and understanding of human differences. Central to its philosophy is the belief that real objects, direct experiences and enjoyment support learning.
http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org
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FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON
The First Church was formed by the Massachusetts Bay Company and their Covenant for a Church established on July 30, 1630. The incorporation of the town of Boston followed on September 7. The Church Covenant was considered an oath of fidelity, and an agreement to be God’s people, to live in a godly fashion, in return for which "the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us." Led by Rev. John Cotton & Rev.John Wilson, church members were Puritan by belief. Currently the congregation is Unitarian Universalist which is a liberal religion born of the Jewish and Christian traditions, but now drawing from all faiths and spiritual practices.
http://www.fscboston.org
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FORD HALL FORUM
The mission of the Ford Hall Forum is to promote and facilitate public involvement in the open exchange of ideas on issues of public interest through the presentation of free lecture programs that actively engage diverse audiences in discussion and debate. Since 1908, the Ford Hall Forum has presented such notable speakers as Maya Angelou, Clarence Darrow, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Thurgood Marshall, Yitzhak Rabin, Ayn Rand, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, and Malcolm X.
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FREEDOM TRAIL
The Freedom Trail Foundation is a 50-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Boston's distinct historic character and its important role in the American Revolution. The Foundation conducts tours with spirited costumed historic characters who lead visitors along the red brick line. It promotes and helps to preserve the sixteen nationally significant historic sites along the red brick path, our country's cherished places where American patriotism and American democracy were born.
http://www.thefreedomtrail.org
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IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Founded in 1890, the Ipswich Historical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered in 1898 to preserve, promote and celebrate Ipswich's rich and diverse history. The Ipswich Historical Society maintains two historic houses and offers tours of these museums. Both of IHS's historic houses, the Whipple House and the Heard House, are included in the Essex National Heritage Area. IHS also organizes a series of monthly lectures on topics of historical interest. These lectures, which are funded by the First National Bank of Ipswich, take place each month.
http://www.ipswichmuseum.net
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Founded in 1791, the Massachusetts Historical Society is the oldest historical society in the United States. The Society's mission is to collect, preserve, and communicate historical information to the widest possible audience. The Society's collections are among the world's most important for the study of American history. Through its scholarly programs and public outreach the Society reaches a wide and diverse audience.
http://www.masshist.org
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MASSACHUSETTS STATE ARCHIVES & COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM
The Massachusetts Archives serves the Commonwealth and its citizens by preserving and making accessible the records documenting government action and by assisting government agencies in managing their permanent records. The Archives provides leadership in preserving historical records and ensuring that those records are known and valued by citizens, students, and scholars.The Commonwealth Museum creates and displays exhibits relating to the history of the state including current exhibits on "The Archeology of the Central Artery Project: Highway to the Past," "Sacco and Vanzetti: Fact, Myth and Memory, "Through the Eyes of Bay Staters: Massachusetts' Experinces During the Civil War" and others.
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/museum
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MUSEUM OF AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY
The Museum of Afro-American History is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. In Boston and Nantucket, the Museum has preserved four historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails® that tell the story of organized black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century. The Museum of Afro-American History is a not-for-profit history institution that began its first exhibitions and public gatherings in 1963. The mission of the Museum of Afro-American History is to preserve and interpret the contributions of people of African descent and those who have found common cause with them in the struggle for liberty and justice for all Americans.
http://www.afroammuseum.org
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. Today's park system includes areas of historical as well as scenic and scientific importance.
http://www.nps.gov
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NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest genealogical society in the country. For over 150 years, NEHGS has helped new and experienced researchers trace their heritage in New England and around the world. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, NEHGS today has over 20,000 members worldwide.
http://www.newenglandancestors.org
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OLD NORTH CHURCH
The Old North Church was built in 1723 in the Georgian style following Christopher Wren. In this rare and beautiful building, still an active Episcopal church, art, history and faith meet in a special way. It was from the steeple of the Old North Church that the two lanterns closely associated with Paul Revere were hung by Robert Newman, Church sexton, on April 18, 1775, igniting the War for Independence and leading to the birth of our nation. The Old North Church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
http://www.oldnorth.com
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RAPPAPORT INSTITUTE
The Rapport Institute of Greater Boston
John F. Kennedy School for Government
Harvard University
Along with the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Rappaport Institute is a founding partner of the Charter Day celebrations. The Rappaport Institute is a think tank dedicated to improving the governance and policy of Greater Boston. The Institute coordinates a broad research agenda, sponsor a number of conferences and other public forums and discussions, trains public officials on public policy issues, and coordinates public service program for graduate and professional students.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/rappaport
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TRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATIONS
The mission of the Trustees of Reservations is to preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts. Founded in 1891 as one of the nation's first conservation organizations, the Trustees of Reservations is a nonprofit organization funded entirely by visitors, supporters, and members. From the Berkshire mountains to the beaches of Cape Cod and the Islands, it has worked to protect more than 48,000 acres of land across the state.
http://www.thetrustees.org
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WALKERS SHORTBREAD
Walkers Shortbread has baked its award-winning, delicious all natural shortbread for over 100 years in the Highlands of Scotland where the Walkers family still owns and operates its world-famous bakeries. Walkers products are sold at fine food stores across the country and contain no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives and are Kosher certified OUD. If Walkers products are not available at a store near you, please visit.
www.walkersshortbread.com.
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WINTHROP SOCIETY
The Winthrop Society is a not-for-profit hereditary organization dedicated to historical and genealogical research and the dissemination of educational material. The Winthrop Society gladly extends membership to all men and women of good character and proven descent from one or more passengers of the Winthrop fleet, or of others who settled in the Bay Colony and down east before 1634. We also welcome the efforts of any others who bring with them the fruits of any research that furthers the appreciation and understanding of seventeenth-century Massachusetts Bay.
http://www.winthropsociety.com
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