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We had a lot of fun last weekend in East Cambridge, thanks to the City of Cambridge's Community Development Department. We talked about East Cambridge history through the medium of craft! Looking forward to reprising the activities at other East Cambridge locations this fall.
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31.07.2025 14:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lessons in East Cambridge history: Reflections on two centuries of newspaper coverage Examining the “big picture” view of East Cambridge over two centuries underscores how important local news coverage is to an understanding of an area.

21.07.2025 04:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"Crafted in East Cambridge" is happening this Saturday! Join us for a drop-in event from 12-2 PM at 688 Cambridge St. (next to Gufo). Come for hands-on crafts inspired by East Cambridge's historic industries like glass mosaics & wooden sign painting. #EastCambridge #cambma #cambridgeplays

24.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Where in East Cambridge was Haruguri Hall? Or Benzy’s Bologna Factory??

In 1970, Cambridge resident John Carver compiled a list of areas in the city that he remembered from his youth. Check out the full list at at Cambridge Day: buff.ly/Jjb38FG

16.06.2025 15:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Grand Prix Elmendorf celebrates French culture in Cambridge Cambridge and Eighth streets close to cars Sunday as East Cambridge hosts Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain, a competition that celebrates French bread-baking traditions. But there are many ways French and French-Canadian culture have enriched Cambridge over the centuries.

02.06.2025 04:04 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2

In 1941, the ‘Dearos’ fought the ‘Foundry Fielders’ over where the borders of East Cambridge ended - Cambridge Day In planning a reunion of current and former East Cambridge residents, it was a contention that to belong one must live east of the train tracks. Those “dearos,” it was said, risked being replaced by “...

Where does East Cambridge really begin and end? 🤔Back in 1941, that question sparked a legendary baseball game between the DeAros and the Foundry Fielders! ⚾️ This incredible story brings to life a time when neighborhood pride was settled on the field. buff.ly/ETBMqc4 #CambridgeMA #HistoricBaseball

28.05.2025 12:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In the organ-making history of East Cambridge, two small-business owners dominated In a season of graduations and weddings, it is worth noting Cambridge’s history of building the instrument that provides the soundtrack: the church organ.

19.05.2025 04:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The grand interior of East Cambridge Savings Bank's main branch, showing the tall, marble-clad wall behind the teller line with decorative arched insets. Two large, ornate hanging lamps illuminate the space, and a table with a blue tablecloth and a sign are set up in the foreground.

A detailed view of the ornate, painted ceiling inside the East Cambridge Savings Bank, featuring a central medallion with classical figures surrounded by intricate green, pink, and gold geometric and floral patterns. Two ceiling fans are visible in the corners.

Our heartfelt thanks to East Cambridge Savings Bank for their generous support! 🎉 Togetherwe are making Cambridge's history accessible for everyone. We recently hosted a fantastic History Cafe at their main branch. It's a beautiful space – feel free to pop in and explore its historic charm! 🏛️

21.05.2025 18:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join us tomorrow to view the Mayflower Poultry sign up close! AND get free plants AND talk about history.
historycambridge.org/events/may-1...

09.05.2025 16:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

May 3: East Cambridge in the Revolution tour - History Cambridge 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 Wa...

FREE! This Saturday!
East Cambridge in the Revolution tour

historycambridge.org/events/may-3...

30.04.2025 18:46 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Fort Putnam: East Cambridge’s stronghold of the Revolution The 250th anniversary of the American Revolution seems a good time to revisit the story of Fort Putnam and its role in driving British troops out of Boston.

28.04.2025 04:04 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

The Revolution before the Revolution: Boston, 1689 Popular uprisings, no tax without representation, a royal governor imprisoned - long before 1776, Massachusetts resisted royal rule.

What kind of revolution happened in April 1689 in Boston?
"The Revolution before the Revolution" event is tomorrow, April 29, 7pm, register for link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-revolu...

28.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

April 26: Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport - History Cambridge Saturday, April 26, 20252-3:30 pmFree; registration requiredLimited space availableWeather date: Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm About the tour Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of...

Free! This Saturday! Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport

historycambridge.org/events/april...

23.04.2025 19:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The great fire of 1963 and the end of meat packing in East Cambridge On the afternoon of April 14, 1963, Easter Sunday, a spectacular fire consumed the Squire’s meatpacking plant on Gore Street in East Cambridge. More than 500 firefighters from Cambridge and surrounding communities worked to subdue the flames. Hot embers were carried by the thick smoke and fell onto buildings as far as a mile away; […]

14.04.2025 04:05 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Discovery of Revolutionary-era causeway in 1920s was a cause for pride at nation’s 150th anniversary A steam shovel clearing the foundation for a new meat-packing plant in East Cambridge uncovered timbers in April 1929 that were far older: They turned out to be the causeway over which the British troops marched in 1775.

21.04.2025 04:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

THIS MONDAY April 14-- Revolutionary Pub Trivia Night!
Visit the landing site of the British troops in East Cambridge then test your knowledge of Revolutionary history with King Trivia!
6 pm -- Meet at Centanni Way near 2nd Street
7 pm -- Trivia at LamplighterCX, 110 N 1st Street in East Cambridge

11.04.2025 17:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Come hang with us tomorrow night (April 8) at The Sea Hag to talk about this fascinating history!

07.04.2025 16:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Photos of Russ’s diner return to East Cambridge, where they were taken by Andy Satter in the ’70s It’s a small miracle that photos of Russ’s Kitchenette Diner sat so patiently in a basement for decades, thought lost, coming back to a changed East Cambridge.

31.03.2025 01:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

History Cambridge welcomes board members with diverse backgrounds, a common interest An English professor; theater advocate and retired Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School social worker; and artisan and hand-poke tattoo artist join the board.

31.03.2025 05:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A history of Cambridge women in the nursing professions As we reflect on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Covid lockdown, and as we mark the end of March as Women’s History Month, History Cambridge looks back on our exploration of women’s roles as essential workers in Cambridge past and present. In our last installment, we examined the role of Cambridge teachers […]

24.03.2025 04:05 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

📢 New free, guided tour announcement! East Cambridge in the Revolution

Saturday, May 3 or Saturday, May 10

East Cambridge is a neighborhood whose role in the Revolutionary War is largely unknown, but critical. Join us to learn more!

Register: historycambridge.org/events

25.03.2025 18:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Curious about East Cambridge? This event is for you! 👀

18.03.2025 13:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Handwritten in a black marker on a purple-colored wall are the words Paddy's FORYEVA!!

A dark crowded room of people talking. On the walls are framed photos, buttons, and cut out shamrocks. Person in the foreground is holding a cup.

Woman with dark hair and green shirt is holding out her hands. She is in conversation with a person out of frame. The room is crowded with poeple talking to each other. A handmade sign on the wall reads Paddy's

Three people standing next to each other smiling at the camera. The wall is half dark green (lower) and have off white (upper). On upper wall are framed photos and a handmade sign that reads Paddy's.

Thanks to Paddy's for a great History Hang last night! As always, owner Ruth Allen welcomed us warmly with stories of her 90+ year old family business. Special thanks (and photo credit) to Rep. Steve Owens for his continual support of local history. It was great to see old friends and make new ones!

13.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This was a fantastic event! Thanks for sharing your expertise!

13.03.2025 16:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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13.03.2025 16:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Among Cambridge’s essential women workers, teachers had to fight long, fiercely for equal pay Still considered essential – more so during the era of Covid and remote learning – Cambridge’s women teachers continue their professional dedication while juggling the demands of paid and unpaid labor within their own families.

10.03.2025 05:04 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Cambridge overflowed with clubs and mutual aid, and History Hangs are building back community Much attention has been paid in recent years to the loss of community groups and opportunities for connection, and the subsequent “epidemic of loneliness” that many Americans are experiencing.

03.03.2025 05:03 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

📣New event! Join us on Thurs, March 27 at First Street Market in East Cambridge to talk about how the environment has changed over time. Food & drinks available for purchase. Doors open at 5 pm!
historycambridge.org/events/east-...

07.03.2025 13:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New England Glass and the history of glassmaking in East Cambridge The glass industry was an early presence in the newly developing East Cambridge of the 1810s and had a decadeslong run there.

24.02.2025 05:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Great overview of Black people's petitions for reparations in Massachusetts in the 1770s-1780s.
Among them, Anthony and Cuba Vassall from Cambridge.

24.02.2025 17:33 — 👍 22 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0

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