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Off the Post: Patriots' Day Perspective

Off the Post: Patriots’ Day Perspective

By Chad Jones April 21, 2020

Massachusetts experienced Patriots' Day under unusual circumstances on Monday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the holiday was without many of its annual events.  Since 1897, The Boston Marathon has...

An overview of Boylston Street near the marathon finish line, the area in which two bombs were detonated in 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 260. GOOGLE EARTH

Marathon bombing memorial set for summer 2019 completion

By Joel Lau April 16, 2019
The memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings should be finished this summer, the project’s artist said, more than a year after the memorial was planned to be unveiled on the fifth anniversary of the attacks in April 2018.
EDITORIAL: The importance of resiliency 5 years after the bombing

EDITORIAL: The importance of resiliency 5 years after the bombing

By Editors April 16, 2018
2018 marks the five-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing that injured hundreds and resulted in the death of three spectators. Boston came together that day in 2013 and in the months that followed to restore the community and heal its wounds. The Boston Marathon, held on Patriots Day each year, continues to be a day where thousands of Bostonians support and cheer on runners, many of whom have trained for months or years in order to qualify for the big day.
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