Posts Tagged ‘East Cambridge’
May 10: East Cambridge in the Revolution tour
Saturday, May 10, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, May 11 at 2 pm About the tour East Cambridge is a neighborhood whose role in the Revolutionary War is largely unknown. Long overshadowed by other parts of the city, most notably the Cambridge Common, where General George Washington took command of…
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Saturday, May 3, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, May 4 at 2 pm About the tour East Cambridge is a neighborhood whose role in the Revolutionary War is largely unknown. Long overshadowed by other parts of the city, most notably the Cambridge Common, where General George Washington took command of…
Read MoreMay 17: Main Street Ideas and Innovators Tour
“Main Street Ideas and Innovators” Guided TourWith Karen Weintraub and Michael KuchtaSaturday, May 17, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Meet outside the new inbound entrance to the Kendall Square MBTA station (next to the Ripple Cafe at 314 Main Street)Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, May 18 at 2 pm About the tour This guided tour…
Read MoreJune 21: First Street Firsts Guided Tour
“First Street Firsts” Guided TourWith Karen Weintraub and Michael KuchtaSaturday, June 21, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Meet outside the Boston Marriott Cambridge (50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142)Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, June 22 at 2 pm About the tour This guided tour between Kendall Square and Lechmere Square will explore some of the many…
Read MoreApril 26: First Street Firsts Guided Tour
“First Street Firsts” Guided TourWith Karen Weintraub and Michael KuchtaSaturday, April 26, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Meet outside the Boston Marriott Cambridge (50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142)Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm About the tour This guided tour between Kendall Square and Lechmere Square will explore some of the many…
Read MoreNew England Glass and the history of glassmaking in East Cambridge
By Beth Folsom, 2025 The Cambridge papers announced in April 1850 that the New England Glass Co. was building an enormous chimney for its glassworks site on North Street in East Cambridge. With a 30-square-foot base, the chimney would climb to 240 feet, “20 feet higher than the Bunker Hill Monument!” This construction was a…
Read MoreHow the highlighter was invented in Cambridge by Carter’s Ink, an innovator back to the 1800s
By Michael Kuchta, 2025 History Cambridge is spending 2025 focused on the history of East Cambridge, including the people who have inhabited the neighborhood, the occupations that employed them and the buildings, streets and public places they created. This is the story of a company that was based in East Cambridge for decades, Carter’s Ink.…
Read MoreMarch 4: Confectionary Cambridge: Candy-Making in History and Memory
Tuesday, March 46-7 pmCambridge Public Library — O’Connell Branch48 6th Street, East Cambridge You’re invited to this special event with History Cambridge’s Beth Folsom and historian Caitlin Hopkins. The local candy-making industry goes back to the 1760s, when an Irish immigrant named John Hannon built a chocolate mill on the Neponset River in Dorchester. For…
Read MoreMarch 27 History Café: “Once Almost an Island”
“Once Almost an Island”: Changes in the East Cambridge Landscape Thursday, March 27 Doors open at 5 pm Program from 6-7 pm First Street Market, 59 First StreetFreeFood and beverages available for purchase Over the course of several centuries, the East Cambridge neighborhood has undergone many changes, especially its landscape and topography. Once a “near-island”…
Read MoreFeb 22: Foundry Festival
Saturday, February 22, 202511 am-1 pmThe Foundry101 Rogers Street, East Cambridge This year’s Foundry Festival focuses on the theme of “Resilience.” How has the East Cambridge community faced and overcome past challenges, and how can we react to the current climate of uncertainty in ways that will help our community not only survive but thrive?…
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