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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195_hingham-massachusetts_Hingham-MA.html
First Meeting House raised shortly after the gathering of the church in 1635 within a palisade.First Burying Ground, First School House built prior to 1661.Fort erected in 1676.These landmarks were located upon this hill, the westerly part of whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13F_the-view-from-the-french-king-bridge_Gill-MA.html
A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1_whalemans-memorial_New-Bedford-MA.html
"A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat"
(inscription on back) In honor of the whalemen whose skill, hardihood and daring brought fame and fortune to New Bedford and made its name known to every seaport on the globe. · Gift of W.W. Crapo · …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV_the-worker_Lowell-MA.html
In 1821 Hugh Commisky led a band of laborers on a trek from Charlestown to Lowell. With muscle and sweat they dredged canals in the soil of rugged farmland. As others joined in their toil a complex waterpower system evolved, creating a new era of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDT_adin-ballou-memorial_Hopedale-MA.html
Adin Ballou — Preacher, Author, Reformer, Philanthropist, Apostle of Christian Socialism, and Founder of the Hopedale Community. 1803-1890."Blessed are the Peacemakers.""Not disobedient to the heavenly vision."
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS_prince-henry-the-navigator-of-portugal_Fall-River-MA.html
1394 - 1460.
His explorations and scientific accomplishments dispelled the legend of the tenebrous sea, beaconed the ocean route to India and opened the gateway of the Atlantic to the American continent.
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This monument in his honor ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR_lewis-temple_New-Bedford-MA.html
Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800, Lewis Temple established himself as a blacksmith on the New Bedford waterfront by 1836.
Temple manufactured his first toggle-iron in 1848. Its fastening power revolutionized the catching of whales. The inven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQ_frederick-douglass_New-Bedford-MA.html
1818-1895 "For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."New Bedford 1838-1841.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDP_commonwealth-of-toil_New-Bedford-MA.html
Longshoremen's Union. On this site in 1936, Cape Verdean and Portuguese dockworkers formed Locals 1413 and 1465 of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA). Prior to organizing, these dockworkers were chosen daily, based only on their ph…