John Adams thought that Independence Day should be celebrated on July 2, not the traditional date given national holiday status, July 4. July Fourth marked the date on which the delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia signed The Declaration … Continue reading →
My thanks to Hingham Public Library for hosting us and “Suosso’s Lane” last week. I continue to be impressed by the number of people who to come our “Suosso’s Lane” presentations because of their prior interest and knowledge of the … Continue reading →
A committee is seeking to place the Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Plaque in a prominent public place. Rejected for decades by state governors and Boston mayors, the plaque was donated to the Boston Public Library, where it now languishes on an upper … Continue reading →
At two public programs last week readers at the Crane Library in Quincy and the Center for Active Living in Plymouth shared with their reasons for having an enduring interest in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants executed … Continue reading →
At Tuesday night’s program at the Quincy library, historian Robert D’Attilio told us that Hollywood was ordered by government officials to destroy all newsreel footage of Sacco and Vanzetti’s funeral march. Here’s an account of the funeral: “a two-hour funeral … Continue reading →
1916, the year Americans re-elected Woodrow Wilson — and Wilson promised to keep America out of war — was the year that workers at the Plymouth Cordage Company, the world’s leading ropemaker, went on strike for higher pay. At the … Continue reading →
I have a close-to-home date to speak on “Suosso’s Lane” next week. Here’s the PR from the Crane Public Library in Quincy: Crime By the Book: Suosso’s Lane, a Modern Sacco-Vanzetti Tale “On Tuesday, June 14, at 7:00 p.m. novelist … Continue reading →
As the month advances I discover more poetic flowers blooming in the May’s Verse-Virtual.com, the online poetry journal: The poetry of great truths in J.C. Elkin’s moving and formally appealing poem “Keening for Eve” found in lines such as: “…if … Continue reading →
My thanks to the Carver Library for hosting “Suosso’s Lane” and me on a beautiful Saturday afternoon (May 14). We had a lively question and answer session after I finally finished talking. I met a couple of folks there who … Continue reading →
I’ll be speaking about “Suosso’s Lane,” a novel about the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and reading a few excerpts at the Carver Library, 2 Meadowbrook Way (Carver MA) on Saturday, May 14, at 1 p.m. in the large meeting room. Here’s the … Continue reading →