Jake @ HUBhistory
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Host of HUB History, a Boston history podcast that goes far beyond the Freedom Trail. Freelance podcast producer. Recovering marathoner and current YMCA swimmer. Dog lover.
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Boston's Country Fair (episode 338) - HUB History: Boston history podcast
In October 1855, exactly 170 years ago this week, Boston hosted the third annual exhibition of the United States Agricultural Society, a grand five-day event that was lauded in the press as “a greater...
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170 years ago this week, a grand agricultural fair opened on a sprawling fairground in Boston's South End, drawing spectators and the finest racehorses from around the country. Listen now!
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With this news dropping on the same day the Halifax tree for Boston was cut, it seemed like a good time to re-share this podcast rerun, which tells the story of both Cocoanut Grove and the Halifax relief train: www.hubhistory.com/episodes/dis...
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
With this news dropping on the same day the Halifax tree for Boston was cut, it seemed like a good time to re-share this podcast rerun, which tells the story of both Cocoanut Grove and the Halifax relief train: www.hubhistory.com/episodes/dis...
The last known survivor of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire has died at 101 years old.
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Bob Shumway, last known survivor of the deadly Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, dies at 101 - The Boston Globe
"The scene was indescribable, but it is still vivid in my mind," Mr. Shumway said of helping patrons escape one of the deadliest fires in the nation's history.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The last known survivor of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire has died at 101 years old.
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With Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social in Nova Scotia to watch Boston's tree start its journey, a reminder of how this tradition started on December 6, 1917. 🧵
By December 1917, Canada had been at war for three years, and the port of Halifax was a key part of the war effort, moving goods and troops to the European front. As two ships steamed through "the Narrows" that morning, they tried to make up time, passed too close, and collided.
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
With Mayor @wutrain.bsky.social in Nova Scotia to watch Boston's tree start its journey, a reminder of how this tradition started on December 6, 1917. 🧵
Republican DOJ official **on camera** "They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files... [Trump's] name won't be in it."
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November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Republican DOJ official **on camera** "They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people in those files... [Trump's] name won't be in it."
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Here's the whole document, printed in Boston in April 1776 about a year before George Washington changed his mind to allow the soldiers of the Continental Army to inoculate. collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:...
A recommendation of inoculation, according to Baron Dimsdale's method - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine
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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Here's the whole document, printed in Boston in April 1776 about a year before George Washington changed his mind to allow the soldiers of the Continental Army to inoculate. collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:...
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George Washington’s surgeon general Dr. John Morgan wrote in his 1776 “Recommendation of Inoculation” that denying inoculation was a “violation of the natural rights of mankind” and every government has a duty to “provide for the safety of its members by rendering [it] as universal as possible.”
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
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In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
George Washington’s surgeon general Dr. John Morgan wrote in his 1776 “Recommendation of Inoculation” that denying inoculation was a “violation of the natural rights of mankind” and every government has a duty to “provide for the safety of its members by rendering [it] as universal as possible.”
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YES: Democrats have this horrible habit of not asking for things they can't get. Which means there is no opportunity to ever build expectation that those things should happen.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
YES: Democrats have this horrible habit of not asking for things they can't get. Which means there is no opportunity to ever build expectation that those things should happen.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
Boston hadn't seen the Aurora Borealis in generations when the sky erupted in colors in December 1719. Listen to this classic podcast to learn how Cotton Mather reconciled a worldview of signs and portents with the clockwork universe of Newtonian physics.
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The Mather Borealis (episode 289) - HUB History: Boston history podcast
Was Cotton Mather a victim of 18th century cancel culture? In December 1719, Bostonians were astounded at the spectacle of the northern lights dancing in the sky, a sight that nobody alive could remem...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Boston hadn't seen the Aurora Borealis in generations when the sky erupted in colors in December 1719. Listen to this classic podcast to learn how Cotton Mather reconciled a worldview of signs and portents with the clockwork universe of Newtonian physics.
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For a lot of Americans, spaghetti night has been an affordable way to deal with rising food costs.
Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
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Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For a lot of Americans, spaghetti night has been an affordable way to deal with rising food costs.
"In a tradition that stretches back to the first Memorial Day after the war, every service member honored in the cemetery has a Dutch adopter who brings flowers and visits his or her place of memorial. Some even correspond with the deceased’s family in the United States."
Gift article for Veteran’s Day
If Only More Americans Could See This Place
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If Only More Americans Could See This Place
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Opinion | If Only More Americans Could See This Place
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November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"In a tradition that stretches back to the first Memorial Day after the war, every service member honored in the cemetery has a Dutch adopter who brings flowers and visits his or her place of memorial. Some even correspond with the deceased’s family in the United States."
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folks, I think we have enough data from our little "what would happen if the stupidest person alive were president" experiment, can we try something else now
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
folks, I think we have enough data from our little "what would happen if the stupidest person alive were president" experiment, can we try something else now
Primary every Democrat.
“We kept @schumer.senate.gov informed throughout”
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Primary every Democrat.
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Ah well, just roll over and show your belly then, I guess.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ah well, just roll over and show your belly then, I guess.
Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hang on, when did reading become so performative?
This is a fantastic video. To learn more about how Boston Harbor went from industrial wasteland to recreational paradise, check out my interview with Dr. Pavla Šimková about her book Urban Archipeligo: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands www.hubhistory.com/episodes/urb...
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is a fantastic video. To learn more about how Boston Harbor went from industrial wasteland to recreational paradise, check out my interview with Dr. Pavla Šimková about her book Urban Archipeligo: An Environmental History of the Boston Harbor Islands www.hubhistory.com/episodes/urb...
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On November 7, 1872, the Great Fire of Boston ignited in the basement of a downtown warehouse. By November 10, the fire had destroyed 776 buildings over an area of 65 acres and killed between 20 and 30 Bostonians. 🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On November 7, 1872, the Great Fire of Boston ignited in the basement of a downtown warehouse. By November 10, the fire had destroyed 776 buildings over an area of 65 acres and killed between 20 and 30 Bostonians. 🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com
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somehow Charles I returned
what do we call a government with a permanently suspended or frozen parliament that is currently being ruled by decree through a singular executive and his unelected court
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
somehow Charles I returned
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#OTD on November 8, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy was elected president in a close race, beating Vice President Richard M. Nixon by approximately 118,550 votes.
After casting his vote in Boston, JFK traveled to Hyannis Port to await the election results with his family.
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After casting his vote in Boston, JFK traveled to Hyannis Port to await the election results with his family.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#OTD on November 8, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy was elected president in a close race, beating Vice President Richard M. Nixon by approximately 118,550 votes.
After casting his vote in Boston, JFK traveled to Hyannis Port to await the election results with his family.
📷: PX89-10
After casting his vote in Boston, JFK traveled to Hyannis Port to await the election results with his family.
📷: PX89-10
A sign posted in Massachusetts campgrounds, as the season comes to a close in the land of expensive housing.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A sign posted in Massachusetts campgrounds, as the season comes to a close in the land of expensive housing.
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The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
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Logan Hosts Food Bank For TSA Workers Amid Longest U.S. Government Shutdown | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
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❗Join us November 13 for a conversation in the Brown Seminar Series on women property holders of Boston’s waterfront in the late 1700s with professor Katy Lasdow❗
Use the link in our bio to register for the event.
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum
Use the link in our bio to register for the event.
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
❗Join us November 13 for a conversation in the Brown Seminar Series on women property holders of Boston’s waterfront in the late 1700s with professor Katy Lasdow❗
Use the link in our bio to register for the event.
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum
Use the link in our bio to register for the event.
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum
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@massgovernor.bsky.social you have a state police force to arrest criminals. Use it.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@massgovernor.bsky.social you have a state police force to arrest criminals. Use it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM