#Quincy Massachusetts

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Building the #Battleship #NewJersey at the Fore River Iron Works- #Quincy, #Massachusetts circa 1910

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Heavy Cruiser

USS Salem Last weekend my friend Dan Groom and I toured the USS Salem. A Des Moines-class heavy cruiser, the Salem was one of three in her class and is thankfully preserved as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts. Although I’ve toured the Salem in the past, last weekend was special as we were given a four-hour personalized tour by one of the volunteers. The ship is normally closed this time of…

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Squantum Yacht Club Wollaston Beach, Quincy Mass. Early morning sunrise. Photo taken on 9.14.21 at 6:35am

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[obsessedbyneon]

National Fire Association Headquarters in Quincy, Massachussetts.

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[lonestarbattleship]

Hull of VERMONT (BB-20) after being launched at the Fore River Shipyard.

Date: August 31, 1905

Digital Collections Massachusetts Collections Online: LS1035

Information from Navsource: link

[beancat]

Summer Sets 2024

South Shore, MA

[deadpresidents]

"At 30 minutes past midnight this morning of Palm-Sunday the 4th of April 1841, died William Henry Harrison, precisely one calendar month as President of the United States after his inauguration. The first impression of this event, here where it occurred is of the frailty of all human enjoyments, and the awful vicissitudes woven into the lot of mortal man. He had reached but one short month since the pinnacle of honour and power in his own country. He lies a lifeless corpse in the Palace provided by his Country for his abode. He was amiable and benevolent. Sympathy for his sufferings and his fate, is the prevailing sentiment of his fellow-citizens. The bereavement and distress of his family, is felt intensely, albeit they are strangers here, and known to scarcely any one. His wife had not yet even left his residence at North Bend, Ohio, to join him here. An express was sent for her two or three days since, but the tidings of death must meet her before she can reach this city.

The influence of this event upon the condition and history of the Country, can scarcely be foreseen. It makes the Vice-President of the United States, John Tyler, acting President of the Union, for four years, less one month. Tyler is a political sectarian of the Slave-driving, Virginian Jeffersonian school. Principled against all improvement. With all the interests and passions, and vices of Slavery rooted in his moral and political constitution -- with talents not above mediocrity, and a spirit incapable of expansion to the dimensions of the station upon which he has been cast by the hand of Providence unseen through the apparent agency of chance. I trust in humble hope of the good, which it always brings forth out of evil. In upwards of half a century, this is the first instance of a Vice-President's being called to act as President of the United States, and brings to the test that provision of the Constitution which places in the Executive Chair a man never thought of for it by any body. This day was in every sense gloomy."

-- Former President John Quincy Adams, who spent almost his entire post-Presidential life serving in the U.S. House of Representatives after leaving the White House, on the death of President William Henry Harrison and succession of John Tyler, in an entry to JQA's personal diary, April 4, 1841.

Since President Harrison was the first President to die in office and Tyler the first Vice President to succeed to office, it was not entirely clear whether that meant Tyler was merely "acting President" or had fully assumed the Presidency. Adams was one of many leaders who believed that Tyler's role was meant to be that of a caretaker, but Tyler claimed all the powers and trappings of an incumbent President, setting the "Tyler Precedent", which established Presidential succession for everyone who followed.

[April 4, 1841 diary entry by John Quincy Adams, courtesy the Adams Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.]

[malewifestation]

This is the second suicide I've heard about in the last month. The T doesn't need signs that say "You're not alone." The T needs anti-suicide infrastructure. It's sad that it's come to this point, but such a fragile situation cannot always be solved with a sign. We cannot rely on printed words to save people's lives. When will we learn that? Senator Feeney offers no solutions, just a band aid. These safety measures don't just stop suicides, but also murders and accidents. It is essential at this point.

Fatal train crash involving MBTA Red Line train at South Station – NBC Boston

Feeney pushes for signage, MBTA study to help prevent suicides | Local News | thesunchronicle.com

edit: I misread something and realize that the bill he is proposing only applies to garages. We NEED something for the rails/stations. I am BEGGING

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[emaadsidiki]

Harvard University 🎓📚🏫 Memorial Hall

Edward Mallinckrodt Chemistry Laboratory 🏡

[bandcampsnoop]

7/17/24.

Bugs and Rats (Quincy, Massachusetts) were a early 2010s band that played abrasive post-punk. Actually, the instrumentation is just amazing. The guitars are buzz-saw trebly - just the way I like them. And while the vocals have a melody, they are purposefully harsh both lyrically and in sound. I'll be honest, this isn't my normal fare. So, while this doesn't really sound like The Armed or Fatima Mansions, it reminds me of how I like both of those bands. This actually does remind me of the recent reissue of Meat Joy.

I'm not totally sure what's going on at Feeding Tube Records, but they are putting a steady stream of releases on Bandcamp - many are from other labels. This is how I learned about Bugs and Rats.

This appears to have originally been self-released. And as of now, there are four copies available on Feeding Tube.

[missing-girls-and-women]

Evelin Valibayova, 23

Last seen in Quincy, Massachusetts in 2011.

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Population: 101,636

[amaranthinepoetess]

Old City Hall - Boston, Massachusetts

[obsessedbyneon]

National Fire Association Headquarters in Quincy, Massachussetts.

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[lonestarbattleship]

USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) underway at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts.

Note: she is painted in modified Camouflage Measure 12 and her radars have not been installed yet.

Photographed in early May 1942.

United States Navy, "A pictorial history of the U.S.S. Massachusetts" (1945). World War Regimental Histories. 150. https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/150