Posts Tagged ‘Spanish American War’
Take a hike
07Feb19
Throughout his decades as a steady presence on the local scene, he has cultivated an air of quiet reserve. But now, one of Wakefield’s most iconic figures has finally broken his silence. Some may find what he had to say shocking. In an exclusive interview with the Wakefield Daily Item, the character known affectionately as […]
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Tags: ableism, Artichokes, bronze, climate, goat yoga, gun, History, Humor, interview, Lake Quannapowitt, male, man, marble, Mark Sardella, men, minuteman, Opinion, parody, rifle, Rockery, satire, soldier, Spanish American War, statue, The Hiker, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, Toxic Masculinity, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield MA
157 candles
03Feb17
Today would be Curtis Guild’s birthday. Who the hell is Curtis Guild, you ask? How soon we forget. He was a three-term Massachusetts governor, from 1906 to 1909. If you’ve never heard the name Curtis Guild, apparently you’re so confused by the striping on the Route 129 Rotary that you’ve never taken a right onto […]
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Tags: blueblood, Camp Curtis Guild, Charlie Baker, Cuba, Curtis Guild Jr., demonstration, governor, guns, Harvard College, Harvard Crimson, Harvard Rifle Corps, Massachusetts, National Guard, pink pussy hat, protest, Russia, safety pin, Spanish American War, Theodore Roosevelt, white privilege, William Howard Taft, Yankee
