...2012 BostonUSA Events Produced by the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau January 2012 Edition Larry Meehan, VP, Media Relations & Tourism Sales 617- 867-8231, lmeehan@bostonusa.com; Stacy Shreffler, Media Relations & Tourism Sales Manager 617-867-8203 sshreffler@BostonUSA.com. We are happy to provide media & tour planners with images, contacts & visit assistance. BostonUSA.com is Boston’s official visitor website. The GBCVB is proud to be partners with the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, MASSPORT, Discover New England, Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events, the Cambridge Office for Tourism,& the National Park Service. January-February-March 2012 The 12-week Food & Wine & Performance Season Pages 2-3 • 23rd Boston Wine Festival Boston Harbor Hotel Jan. 6-March 30, 2012 • New Isabella Stewart Gardner Wing designed by Renzo Piano opens Jan 19, 2012 • 21st Boston Wine Expo largest on USA East Coast Seaport World Trade Center Jan. 16-22, 2012 • “Geckos: Tails to Toepads” Museum of Science Boston Opens January 22, 2012-May 6, 2012 • Smith & Wollensky Wine Week, March 5-9, 2012 • Restaurant Week Boston citywide prix fixe menus March 18-23 & 25-30, 2012 • 109th BostonUSA St. Patrick’s 2012 Weekend : St. Patrick's Day Sunday Parade: March 18, 2012 • 2012 Boston Wine Week Spring March 26-April 1, 2012 April –May 2012 The Spring Season Opening & 9-week Gardens, Flowers & Parks Season Pages 3-5 • Red Sox Centennial Fenway Park Celebration First Home...
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...The Boston Massacre happened in March 5, 1770 during the evening. In the Boston Massacre, British soldiers killed five inhabitants and wounded six inhabitants. Captain Thomas Preston was responsible for the British soldiers which killed five inhabitants. Whether Captain Thomas Preston gave the order “fire” or not is a controversial issue. Although there are lots of witnesses who argued they were sure that he gave the order, there were also lots of witnesses who argued they were sure that he was not gave the “fire” order. Although the evidences not give us a certain idea that Captain Thomas Preston was guilty or not, because the evidences are controversial, evidences strongly suggest that he was not guilty, he presumably did not give the order “fire”. During the 1760s and the first days of the 1770s the tension in the Boston was high because of the Stamp Act and the other new taxes which were going to be applied, known as “Townshend Duties”. “… men such as Samuel Adams were encouraging their fellow Bostonians to be even bolder in their remonstrance.”(Wheeler, Becker & Glover, 84). Because of the inhabitant’s uneasy, the British government ordered some regiments of soldiers in Boston. However, bringing soldiers in the Boston did not bring the peace in the Boston; instead it increased the tension which was already ready to increase. The disputes between the soldiers and inhabitants started slowly, but by bid. There was a reaction to the soldiers as well as to the British sympathizer...
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...Boston and Cambridge (35 on the Wellesley 100): As someone who adores history but hopes to shape the future, I find myself incredibly at home in Boston. The city has a heartbeat like no other, one that has felt the tremors of war and revolution but also one that beats with the ferocious pace of youth and innovation. To be in Boston is to feel history coming alive, the legacy of liberty and longing and freedom and forgiveness seeming to spill from the streets and serving as a reminder of the potential significance in each moment and movement. As someone who is inspired by history, who finds guidance and truth in its pages, I find energy and inspiration in a city that has felt the force of women like Abigail Adams and seen the strength of the...
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...The Boston Massacre was an event, which led to the death of five colonists after British soldiers when ordered to fire upon them on March 5th, 1770. Much controversy surrounds the incident, as there seems to be a few different stories of what truly happened. Regardless, many people believe the Boston Massacre was the spark that ignited the Revolutionary War. My efforts will be focused on figuring our what really happened, and what events caused the British officers to shoot into the crowd of colonists. The incident took place on King Street (which is now called State Street today), on an early morning on the 5th of March in front of the British Sentry called Private Hugh White. Edward Gerrish, an apprentice of a wigmakers, began yelling at a British officer, lieutenant John Goldfinch for an unpaid bill. Gerrish left, but eventually came back hours later and began throwing rocks at the lieutenant. Soon, many colonists joined in and threw rocks themselves. At this point, Goldfinch had reached his boiling point, and challenged Gerrish before striking him with his musket. As the evening progressed, the crowd outside the sentry grew larger and larger and continued to harass the British officers. Meanwhile, Captain Thomas Preston overlooked the entire situation as it escalated. He immediately ordered 8 soldiers to help control the situation before it got out of hand. As the soldiers approached, with muskets loaded, the crowd of nearly 400 began to surround the outnumbered officers...
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...Analyze the market and competitive forces faced by Boston Children’s Hospital. What are BCH’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)? STRENGTHS Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) offers a complete reach of health awareness administrations for youngsters with a global reach throughout every country of the world. It is also the supplier of-final resort for kids with uncommon sicknesses, for example, Wiskott Aldrich (blood infection) and Bubble Boy Syndrome (immunodeficiency) and has very specific doctors and costly gear accessible at all times. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report positioned BCH as the top pediatric doctor’s facility in the U.S., with more top-positioned fortes Heart and Heart Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cancer, Orthopedics, Urology, and Kidney Disorders—than whatever possible pediatric healing center. BCH has 228 specialized clinical programs that operates and caters over 500,000 patients by conducting about 26,000 surgeries. It provides care at its main campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area and also at 6 community hospital locations; not only that it also has several specialty care centers in eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 90% of the most critically ill children in Massachusetts are treated by BCH and it is also the largest provider of health facilities in the state to low-income families, with Medicaid covering 30% of its patients BCH likewise held the planets’ biggest pediatric healing center based on exploration focus...
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...I decided to evaluate the organizational structure of the Boston Celtics, which is a professional basketball franchise whose team is a member of the NBA. The NBA is a professional basketball league in the United States and Canada that consist of 32 teams. I choose the Boston Celtics because it is one of the most recognizable franchises and logos in all professional sports. With 17 NBA championships, the most of any NBA franchise and unbelievable fan base from all over the world. The average fan that watches the NBA has no idea to the amount of money and organization management that is involved with these organizations and franchises. They are structured very meticulously, where every position is essential to winning, making money, and leaving the fans that spend millions of dollars supporting these franchises entertained, and happy. Winning Championships is not at all about the players on the court that play the game. Yeah they play the game and must out score the other team to win. In reality but it takes a lot of time and hard work buy the people in the front offices that run the franchise to get an organization to that level. Winning Championships is not like a pickup game of basketball you have to hire people in all types of positions. Everything position from a General Manager, to a Head Coach, to a Game Operations Manager. Any Championship organization will tell you that you win Championships as an Organization, not just the player that plays the game. Everyone...
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...Boston Massacre | The Rebellion of the American People | By Sarah Burgess, James Kresa, Ryan Flynn, and Nick Zappier | | HIS 101 Prof Sundell HIS 101 Prof Sundell There are many things that are considered for leading to the American Revolution and one idea is that of oppression. Oppression is defined as “unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power” and “something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power.” (Merriam-Webster, 2014) Many colonists were dissatisfied with the Townsend Acts, which imposed import taxes, on things such as tea, glass, paper and other products from England. This was adding tension, along with the presence of British troops in the city of Boston. Rebellion was becoming evident among colonists, who felt that the British were making too strong of a presence and trying to have too much control over them. In reference to our first document, “A Monumental Inscription on the Fifth of March,” Isaiah Thomas details his disgust for the release of the murderous behavior of the British soldiers. He shares his feelings how justice may have not been served here by the court appointed judges, but it will be served in Hell. This article shows how many felt how the British were not held responsible for the slaughter deaths of the five colonists and the injuries of others. The colonists felt they had the right to protest the presence of the British troops and the unfair taxes. Thomas expresses the frustration of the...
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...Kaitlyn Lott #6 Mr. Robeson Social Studies August 30, 2017 Boston Massacre Source Summary 1. The Captain remembered British soldiers were not welcomed when they arrived in Boston. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Many of the people living in Boston did not like the soldiers at all, only a few were known to be friends of the soldiers. However, Samuel Hemmingway said, “one evening I heard him [Killroy, a British soldier] say, he would never miss an opportunity, when he had one, to fire on the inhabitants[people of Boston], and that he had wanted to have an opportunity ever since he landed.” When a soldier from the 14th regiment was on trial, the Boston judge commented that the soldiers were on their own from now on. The judge also pointed...
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...The Townshend riots led to a heavier, more intense war between the Patriots and the Loyalists. This resulted in rebellion, war, death, loss, protesting but most of all freedom. Before the Boston Massacre took place, three times between 1689 and 1748, France and Great Britain had fought for power in North America and Europe. Every war ended uneasily and tense. Soon enough in 1754 tensions arose once again. After the long conflict, The French and Indian war awaited. In the early years of the war the French thoroughly enjoyed having their advantages on the British. The english colonies couldn’t agree on one united defense because all the 13 colonies all had to approve on the decision. Meanwhile the French only had one single government and more Indian allies than the British. Although the French had their strengths so did the British. The English colonies were clustered along the coast, so they were easier to defend than the scattered French settlements. They had a much larger population than New France, and the British navy ruled the seas. In...
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...The event that took place in Boston on March 5, 1770 was not a massacre. A massacre is considered an attack in which a large number of people are violently slaughtered and killed. On that day, colonists had weapons to defend themselves from the British. It would not be considered a massacre because of their ability to fight back and the fact that only 3 colonists died after the fight. The action on March 5 was just an unfair fight and it does not fall under the category of a massacre. The colonists that fought with the British Redcoats in Boston on March 5 had weapons to help defend themselves. The colonists used clubs and other weapons to harm the British. According to Document 3, Account of the Boston Massacre, “A townsman with a cudgel...
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...The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. The event took place on King Street, Massachusetts. During this event, the British soldiers ruthlessly murdered five innocent civilians and injured six others. The growing tension between the colonists and the British soldiers was a direct result of the Townshend Acts of 1768. The continuous rivalry between the two progressed into a violent memory in American history. The British soldiers that participated in the Boston Massacre should have been sent to prison because they took it upon themselves to open fire against civilians rather than reason with the defenseless colonists. Therefore the soldiers’ barbaric actions cannot be justified. The British soldiers that took arms against the civilians...
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...This art piece is and was an important part in history. It is a pictured of the Boston Massacre, this was a huge part in history. The piece of art was engraved and printed by Paul Revere. It is very important to this time frame because some people say that it is the start of the American Revolutionary War. This is not something that was taken lightly in history it is a major event that shaped America how it is today. In summary, the Boston Massacre was an American protesters Vs British soldiers in Boston. The American protestors were taunting the British soldiers and did not want them there because, according to the American’s they were there for a bad reason. British soldiers were in America to enforce a taxation law that was passed by British...
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...The Boston Massacre was the name given to the day when the British Army Soldiers killed five civilians and wounded six others. This event happened on March 5, 1770. The critical incident contributed to the downfall of the British regime. This all began after the death of an eleven-year-old boy, Christopher Snyder. Ebenezer Richardson fired at Snyder because the boy and a few others were harassing and tormenting him. The fact that the people believed Richardson would be brought to justice during the court session halted everyone’s plans for retaliation. The Bostonians anger was also fueled by the possible threat of cutting down the “liberty tree.” The British soldiers took position outside a building reassuring that no violence was to occur. Not long after, a mob of civilians stumbled upon them and began calling the soldiers harsh names, throwing snowballs and other objects at them, and treating them with great disrespect. A civilian then threw a club which hit a British soldier causing him to fall to the ground. As he was falling the soldiers gun discharged and moments later the other soldiers began firing their weapon as well. Once again, as the smoke cleared the soldiers could see five civilians dead and other fleeing that have been wounded. The soldiers that committed the crime were sure to be punished, but at the first court trails they were found not guilty. The case was then taken into the hands of the English; there the accused soldiers were found guilty and harshly punished...
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...In colonial America during the late 1700’s revolutionary sympathetic newspapers such as the Boston Gazette printed stories propagandizing the ideals of the patriots with the most incendiary of these being the account of the Boston massacre published on March 12, 1770. Along with this account of the events, we have another from Captain Thomas Preston, who was in charge of the British soldiers during the incident, from his trial. By analyzing these two accounts it is clear that the events that occurred on March 5, 1770, were exaggerated by The Boston Gazette as a form of propaganda to spur revolution rather than an accurate account of the event that took the lives of 5 colonists and injured 6. In the account of events published in the gazette,...
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...The Boston Massacre was a fight between some Patriots and British soldiers that took place on March 5th, 1770, after the repealing of most Townsend Acts. After the soldiers stopped shooting, five Patriots were killed and ten were injured. The Boston Massacre was a small tragedy that was caused by disobedient and undisciplined British Soldiers. According to the testimony of Benjamin Burdick, a watchman who was at the scene of the Boston Massacre, he had asked one of the British soldiers if he was going to fire, to which the soldier replied, “Yes by the eternal god.” This implies that at least some of the soldiers were willing to go against their commander’s orders to not shoot the colonists. Burdick also wrote, “I heard the word ‘fire’...
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