The Old Yarmouth Inn, which dates back to 1696, is recognized as the oldest restaurant still in existence on Cape Cod.

The Old Yarmouth Inn on the Cape is still going strong after 330 years

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer YARMOUTH - When it was first established in the year 1696, some 330 years ago, the Yarmouth Inn was used...
Mount Wachusett in Princeton started attracting tourists as early as the 1840s.

Mount Wachusett has been a popular Central Massachusetts destination for 150 years

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer PRINCETON – Most any Massachusetts resident has heard of Mount Wachusett, if not paid a visit there to hike or...
The 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing out of Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod lost 50 airmen in three separate airplane crashes in the mid-1960s, all involving the EC-121H Super Constellation aircraft.

Otis Air Force Base suffered a series of aircraft disasters in the mid-1960s

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer BOURNE - In the mid-1960s, during a roughly eighteen-month period from July 1965 to April 1967, Otis Air Force Base...
Polaroid Corporation of Cambridge was a pioneer and market leader in the instant photography industry, producing both cameras and film. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Polaroid invented instant photography in a Cambridge laboratory

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Widespread use of cell phone cameras has turned most of the world away from taking camera snapshots on film....
Famed American aviator Amelia Earhart started flying after moving to Medford from the Midwest in 1924. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

Amelia Earhart’s life really took flight while she lived in Medford

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer MEDFORD - America’s aviation sweetheart, Amelia Earhart, is internationally known for her tragic trans-Atlantic flight disappearance. but the Kansas-born adventurer’s connection...
Shredded wheat cereal was first mass-produced for consumers in a Worcester factory starting in 1895.

Worcester’s cereal king changed breakfast eating habits with shredded wheat

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer WORCESTER – For over a century, shredded wheat has been a staple breakfast cereal among healthy eaters. But did you know...
The first surgery under anesthesia was performed in this operating theater, now known as the Ether Dome, at Mass General Hospital in Boston on October 16, 1846. Photo/Wikimedia Commons

First public demonstration of surgery under anesthesia happened at Boston’s Mass General Hospital

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – Although it’s probably not a milestone widely known outside of the medical profession, did you know that October 16...
Claude Shannon was also a mathematician and MIT professor who teamed up with Edward O. Thorp to create a device that gave gamblers an edge over casinos. Photo/Courtesy of the MIT Museum

MIT professors invented device that gave gamblers an edge

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Anyone who frequents casinos would love to beat the house at least more than once or twice each and...
The wooden roller coaster the Comet was one of the main attractions at Lincoln Park in Dartmouth, which closed in 1987. Photo/ArtInRuins.com

Lincoln Park in Dartmouth is still celebrated nearly 40 years after closing

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer DARTMOUTH - A popular amusement park destination from the 1920s up through the mid-1980s, Lincoln Park in Dartmouth created fond childhood...
Loew’s Poli was a popular Worcester movie theater during the mid-20th century heyday of big-screen films.

Worcester once had a wide selection of movie theaters to choose from

History Community Advocate Staff - 0
By Michael Perna Jr. Contributing Writer WORCESTER - The history of theaters in Worcester goes back to the year 1857, when a playhouse (no movies had...
123...9Page 1 of 9