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to life". The Bostonian Society had various programs and educational resources for children and adults and had been called "a comprehensive historical and educational resource". For several years, The Society oversaw a historic marker program across the city of Boston and ran a teacher training
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program called "Teaching Boston History Workshops", bringing together leading experts on various subjects, community-based organizations, teachers and museum educators, and the Society's "unequalled collections of
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reenactment which occurs every year in March and has other historic programs with costumed interpreters. The Society also made the Old State House available for various events from private events.
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According to the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, "The Bostonian Society is the first stop for anyone interested in the city's history" and "the Society brings
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movement". The Bostonian Society no longer exists as a separate entity; on January 1, 2020, it merged with the Old South Association in Boston to form
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2005 Boston Charter Day Event Committee, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard university
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until it was donated it to the Bostonian Society in the 1880s. There is also a model showing what Boston looked like during
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in Massachusetts, a group of citizens banded together to form "Boston's first successful
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Catalogue of the Collections of the Bostonian Society: in the Old State House, Boston
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Stewardship of the Old State House—"one of the most important public buildings in
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Attraction Information: Old State House-The Bostonian Society (ettractions.com)
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across the street. Materials in the collection date back to 1630s
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The city of Boston still owns the structure, and it is within the
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that was founded in 1881 for the purpose of preventing the
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Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, Annual Meeting
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library
museum
Old State House
non-profit organization
Old State House
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence
historic preservation
Revolutionary Spaces
U.S. history
underground
State Street
MBTA Station
Downtown Crossing
South Station
Boston National Historical Park
Freedom Trail
museum
research
library
Massachusetts Bay Colony
books
maps
photographs
primary source
Exhibits
American Revolution

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