Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Also called Mishawum by the Massachusett, it is located on a peninsula...
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The Boston Navy Yard, originally called the Charlestown Navy Yard and later Boston Naval Shipyard, was one of the oldest shipbuilding facilities in the...
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The Charlestown Mob was an Irish mob group in Charlestown, which figured prominently in the history of Boston for much of the 20th century. The gang was...
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Bunker Hill Monument (redirect from Charlestown Hill)
drumlin located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the southern portion of the Charlestown Peninsula, a historically...
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Charlestown High School is a public school located at 240 Medford Street in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Charlestown High School...
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area Charlestown, Queensland Charlestown, County Mayo Charlestown Shopping Centre, Dublin Charlestown, KwaZulu-Natal Charlestown, Cornwall Charlestown, Derbyshire...
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Charlestown State Prison was a correctional facility in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The...
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The Town (2010 film) (category Charlestown, Boston)
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Four lifelong friends from Charlestown, Boston, Douglas "Doug" MacRay, James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan...
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Charlestown is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,806 at the 2020 census, down from 5,114 at the 2010 census...
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Jesse Pomeroy (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
of Suffolk County in December 1874. Jesse Harding Pomeroy was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Thomas J. Pomeroy and Ruth Ann Snowman. He was the...
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The Charlestown Bridge, officially named the William Felton "Bill" Russell Bridge, is located in Boston and spans the Charles River. As the river's easternmost...
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The Charlestown Ropewalk is a former ropewalk facility located in Charlestown, Massachusetts at the former Boston Navy Yard. At over 1,300 feet (400 m)...
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subway Orange Line, located adjacent to Sullivan Square in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is a major transfer point for MBTA bus...
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Battle of Bunker Hill (category Charlestown, Boston)
during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which...
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Tobin Bridge (category Landmarks in Charlestown, Boston)
Boston and Winnisimmet (later Chelsea) was by the Winnisimmet Ferry. In 1803, the Salem Turnpike was extended across the Mystic River to Charlestown,...
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Brighton Charlestown Chinatown–Leather District Dorchester (divided for planning purposes into Mid-Dorchester and Dorchester) Downtown East Boston Fenway-Kenmore...
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Orange Line (MBTA) (redirect from Washington Street tunnel (Boston))
bridge into Somerville, then into Charlestown. It passes under the Charles River and runs through Downtown Boston in the Washington Street Tunnel. The...
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The Charlestown High Bridge (referred to as the John F. Fitzgerald Bridge on old AAA Tourbook maps) spanned the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts...
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USS Constitution (category Landmarks in Charlestown, Boston)
duty. She is usually berthed at Pier 1 of the former Charlestown Navy Yard at one end of Boston's Freedom Trail. In 1785, Barbary pirates, most notably...
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Ursuline Convent riots (category Charlestown, Boston)
Ursuline Convent riots occurred August 11 and 12, 1834, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston, in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts. During the riot...
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Samuel Whittemore (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1696, the second son by that name of Samuel Whittemore Sr. and Hannah Rix, also of Charlestown. He served as...
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Samuel Morse (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Samuel F. B. Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of the pastor Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826)...
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Howie Long (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
coverage. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Long was raised in Charlestown, Boston, primarily by his uncles and maternal grandmother. He attended Milford...
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Schrafft's (category Charlestown, Boston)
Company was a candy, chocolate and cake company based in Sullivan Square, Charlestown, Massachusetts. In 1861, it introduced jelly beans to the United States...
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The Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank is a historic building in Charlestown, Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It received landmark status in...
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Maura Healey (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
Massachusetts, where she prepared monthly compliance reports on the cleanup of the Boston Harbor and assisted the judge with trials, hearings, and case conferences...
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Sullivan Square (redirect from Charlestown Neck)
Square is a traffic circle located at the north end of the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after James Sullivan, an early...
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Bunker Hill Community College (category Charlestown, Boston)
college with multiple campuses in the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1973 in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, BHCC provides...
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violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels while in...
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Timothy Cutler (category People from Charlestown, Boston)
American Episcopal clergyman and rector of Yale College. Cutler was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, a descendant of Robert Cutler who settled there prior...
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