2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (273+ words) Volunteers gathered in Boston's Public Garden on Thursday to plant nearly 3,000 flags — each one a tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The Scouts, family members, and others took part in a silent tribute to the victims of the terror…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (709+ words) The mundane work of clearing grass and stones in a backyard has led to the discovery of Denmark's largest known hoard of Viking Age silver. The finder, a man based in the northern Danish municipality of Rebild who wishes to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1381+ words) The Mary Eliza Project has worked to make Boston's Women's Voter Registers accessible for everyone. Names of the women who registered to vote in Boston as soon as the 19th Amendment was ratified have been compiled into a single, searchable database....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (510+ words) Sacco and Vanzetti were tried for murder and armed robbery, a conviction still questioned today Nearly a century ago, two Boston Italian immigrants were executed in a case that fueled global protests and long-lasting conversations about legal reform. Nicola Sacco…...