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US defeats France, 3-1
The US Women’s Soccer team advanced to the World Cup final game with today’s 3-1 victory over France. The US team will play Japan this coming Sunday (2:45 PM ET) for the title. [youtube]ES7wOXUlj44[/youtube]
Read More »John F. Kennedy Nominated for President ~ July 13, 1960
From History.com: On this day – July 13, 1960: In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of…
Read More »The Sun Building
The Sun Building on Merrimack Street, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Tewksbury Library Presents “Boston On Fire” ~ July 13th
Noted at WickedLocal Tewksbury: As part of series of public events in July, the Tewksbury Public Library presents “Boston on Fire” – dramatic tales about the history of fires and fire fighting in Boston Wednesday night – July 13th – at 6:30pm. On Wednesday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m., join…
Read More »This Is Interesting: ‘The Start-Up of You’
It’s been a while since I dragged Tom Friedman over to rh.com, but today’s opinion essay in the NYTimes is worth reading twice, particularly to note how many times the Pandora radio inventor pitched his idea to venture capitalists. I remember reading somewhere about the dozens of times that William…
Read More »Raising the Debt Limit
I’m not an economist, but the more I try to learn about economics by reading the work of those who are, the more I realize it is a field with wildly different interpretations of the facts and prescriptions for solving the country’s problems. When I read that a failure by…
Read More »July 12, 1979: Disco Demolition Night
You have to be of a certain age to truly understand the passion that disco music incited – both for and against – back in the late 1970s. On this night in 1979, a disc jockey named Steve Dahl, of WLUP-FM, teamed up with the Chicago White Sox to hold…
Read More »Stanley Cup Comes to Tewkbsury
Saturday the Stanley Cup came to Tewksbury and over fifteen hundred people showed up to see it. Below is a super video of the event originally posted by TheSharkSurvivor.
Read More »Civil War 150: Wresting the US Capitol From the Bivouackers and Bakers
Union soldiers at attention in front of the Capitol (Library of Congress Collection via NYTimes) In today’s New York Times “Opinionator,” author and reporter Guy Gugliotta tells us of the struggle to finish the job of building the new Senate and House wings of the United States Capitol as well…
Read More »Mickey Ward Charities Honors Treasurer Grossman As “Fighter of the Year”
Last night Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Steven Grossman was honored as the “Fighter of the Year.” The award was presented at the 4th annual golf tournament benefiting the Team Micky Ward Charities at Meadow Creek Golf Club in Dracut. The Team Micky Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization…
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