Washington Birthday Exercises Across Boston Schools
Commemorative celebrations marked by declamations, songs, flag ceremonies, and lectures in Boston public schools. Pupils carried and saluted a large American flag, with varied programs at Latin English High Roxbury Brighton and numerous grammar and high schools. An illustrated Washington talk and donations of flags accompanied the event.
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Washington
Boston
Washington School
Roxbury High School
Brighton High School
Dr. Johnson
Dorchester
Dorchester High School
Franklin Grammar School
Old South Historical Society
Thomas Gardner School
Lowell School
Phillips
Winthrop
Emerson
Wells
Bennett
Dudley
Everett
Jefferson
Frothingham
Robert G. Shaw
Gaston
Martin
John A. Andrew
Dearborn
Roger Walcott
Thomas N. Hart
Horace Mann
Hyde
Oliver Hazard Perry
Agassiz
Bowdoin
Norcross
Washington Day Events in Boston Calendar
A fuller day of Washington's Birthday events across Boston includes memorial services at Holy Cross Cathedral and Sacred Heart Church East Boston, public receptions at the State House, and multiple banquets, balls, and performances. Notable gatherings feature the Governor Guild, the Mass Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Mercantile Library Association, and several club and charity events at venues such as Belfry Hotel and Jordan Hall. Other activities include children’s parties, minstrel shows, a production at Jordan Hall, and a series of dances and society meetings across city districts.
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Royal Clan
Deacon Hall
Holy Cross Cathedral
Elm Hill
Barnard Memorial
Mechanics’ Hall
Fitton Council
K. C
Sacred Heart Church
Boston
New Thought Federation
Chickering Hall
Theta Delta Chi
Bellevue Hotel
Old South
Old South Meeting House
Curtis Guild, Jr
State House
Fifty- First Regiment
M. Vv
American House
Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution
Fitzgerald
Mercantile Library Association
Tremont Street
Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment Association
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Quincy House
Catholic Union
Neponset
Medford Club
Rostand
Princess Faraway
Brighthelmstone Club
Massachusetts Floral Emblem Society
Gainsboro Street
Young Men’s Hebrew Associations
New York
Potter and Howe Halls
Footlight Club
Liberty Wail
Eliot Hall
Jamaica Plain
Bananet
Massachusetts
Gockery
Pupier
Ball
Metropolitan News Company
Caus Euro
East Boston
Unity Lodge
K. P
Paul Kees
m.—Ball
United Hatters
Odd Fellows
Public Latin School
South Boston High School
A. O. H. Building Association
Dahlgren
South Boston
Kossuth
Old Franklin
Coffee versus College A Health Claim From Postum Ad
A New York student writes that coffee caused headaches lethargy and poor grades and that switching to Postum Food Coffee restored health vigor and mental sharpness. The letter cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and promotes reading The Road to Wellville.
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New York
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Farewell Address of Washington on Union and Foreign Policy
The address urges unity as the strength of the nation and warns against party factionalism. It Call rooses avoiding entangling alliances and maintaining a virtuous, morally guided foreign policy while preserving a defensive posture and respecting religious and civil liberty.
Important Events in the Career of George Washington
A compact chronology traces George Washington born February 22 1732 at Pope's Creek Virginia to his death December 14 1799 at Mount Vernon. It covers surveying beginnings, Braddock era service, marriage to Martha Custis, Continental Congress roles, commander in chief campaigns including Boston, Trenton, Princeton, Valley Forge and Yorktown, and his presidency from 1789 to 1793 with farewell address in 1796.
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Boston
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House of Burgesses
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Cornwallis
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Yorktown
United States
Namesake Georges in Boston and Cambridge Work Varied Trades
In Boston and Cambridge there are six men named George Washington plus one in Cambridge who share the full name. They occupy diverse trades including laborer teamster porter upholsterer and walter. Each lives at distinct addresses such as Lincoln street Piedmont street Allen street West Canton street Anderson street Hancock street and Prince street. The piece jokes that each must follow the legend that a George Washington must not lie.
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Boston
George
Walter
Farewell to Foreign Influence and Patriotism Declares Washington
Washington warns against entangling alliances and foreign influence in a 1796 letter. He urges impartial jealousy by citizens to defend republican government. He cautions against favoring any nation and predicts dangers to American liberty from partisan maneuvers and entanglements. He envisions returning to Mt. Vernon to enjoy good laws under a free government.
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Mt. Vernon
George Washington
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises New Life and Vitality
A testimonial ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that rebuilds energy, strength, and overall health. It claims the medicine creates new life, braces the user, and improves sleep and appetite, with a Greenfield Indiana user praising its restorative effects and urging substitution avoidance.
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Hood
J. P. Knight
Greenfield, Ind
A Young Lady's Washington Poem in Ulster County Gazette
A fragment from the Ulster County Gazette dated January 4 1800 includes a poem titled A Young Lady's Washington Funeral with lines on Washington’s demise and honors. The piece is noted as contributed by a Young Lady and tied to an obituary report inside the four page issue. The item mentions Harmon Trenholm of Newton Lower Falls having acquired the paper at auction and awaiting identification by the former owner.
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Ulster County Gazette
Washington
Harmon Trenholm
Newton Lower Falls
North Station
Trenholm
Boston Post
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