Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were electrocuted at midnight on August 22, 1927. Sacco was a 36 year old husband and father of two living in Stoughton. Vanzetti was was a 39 year old single man living in Plymouth. Both were Italian immigrants who identified as anarchists...
Pickwick Club Disaster
July 4, 2025, marks the 100th anniversary of one of Boston's greatest tragedies: the Pickwick Club Disaster. In the early morning hours of Independence Day 1925, a five-story building collapsed upon itself entombing and crushing to death the many celebrants inside. The Pickwick Club collapse left Bostonians shocked and appalled at the many layers of…
Lady Legends of the Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail (AT) is a 2,197 mile hiking trail that spans Georgia to Maine; 90 miles of the trail are in Massachusetts. It takes an average hiker roughly six months to traverse the entire trail. Many who attempt to hike the entire trail do not make it due to injury, fatigue, lack of will…
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