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Marking Cambridge’s 400th Anniversary
The year 2030 marks the 400th anniversary of Cambridge, Massachusetts (originally settled as New Towne in 1630 by the Massachusetts Bay Company). This momentous occasion is an opportunity for the people of Cambridge to reflect on our past, celebrate, and establish plans for sustaining our history into the future.
Read MoreCharles William Eliot’s Address – 275th Anniversary of the Founding of Cambridge (1905)
The following address was given by Charles William Eliot at the celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Cambridge in 1905. It can be found in Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Schoolgirls and Schoolboys, and Members of the Cambridge Historical Society:…
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