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Upcoming Event: The Annual Spring Program
A History of the Brookline Fire Department
with Retired Fire Chief John Spillane
Chief Spillane will speak about the history of the department, Brookline firefighters who died in performance of their duties, and famous Brookline fires of the past.
For those interested, there will be a tour of the grounds and station after each session.
When: Due to space limitations there are two available seatings:
Hook & Ladder 1 and Hose House 2 350 Washington St., across from the public library President Ken Liss Blogs on Brookline Past & Present
St. Patrick's Day in Brookline, 1887: A Call for Independence 137 years ago today, on St. Patrick's Day in 1887, Brookline heard the call for Irish independence. At a holiday banquet at Lyceum Hall in Brookline Village, Charles Endicott of Canton delivered a rousing call on behalf of the Irish people. "From my earliest boyhood I have entertained a deep regard for the people of the Emerald Isle," said Endicott, "and I have always had, and shall ever have, the profoundest sympathy and admiration for the manner in which they have endured for centuries the continued oppression of their British tyrants
"Never has the Irish heart submitted withou... Our Latest Archive Additions
Virtual Walking Tour
Brookline's rich history can now take a virtual walking tour of the town via our new online map. The map presents pictures and descriptions (with links for more information) about homes, commercial buildings, churches and synagogues, schools, neighborhoods, parks, and other parts of the town.
Most of the sites marked on the map are in Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, Longwood, and the area around the First Parish Church and the old Village Green. Other sites and other areas of Brookline are being added, helping to bring to light stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar places in town. |