Boston's Heritage Trail Part 2
Part 1 of our Heritage Freedom Trail ends with Quincy Market, so Part 2 begins again with this heritage site, where we had a good lunch. Then we were off to the North End (where the Italians took their roots) to visit Paul Revere house, the oldest house in Central Boston (built in 1680, and converted into a museum in 1908). On the way, we passed by Christopher Columbus Park, the North Harbor, and a few Catholic churches - St. Clemens, Sacred Heart, and St. Stephens (where Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was baptized).
Finally, after a 30-minute walk, we reached Paul Revere Monument and behind it the famous Old North Church - the oldest surviving religious structure in Boston (built in 1723). Also notable is that the Church, which was also known as Christ Church, housed Boston's (and America's) first church bells, cast in Gloucester, England. The Church tower stands out, being the tallest structure in all of Boston.
The final leg of this journey is a visit to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum at Columbia Point, some 6 kms. from central Boston. The museum-library presents Kennedy's 1,000 days as President. The museum is divided into rooms and scenes from the White House. A replica of the Oval Office appears as it would have looked during Kennedy's term. With the beautiful gardens and the placid waters surrounding the Library-museum, this is one of the must places to visit in Boston.
Places to see in ( Manchester - UK )
Places to see in ( Manchester - UK )
Manchester is a major city in the northwest of England with a rich industrial heritage. The Castlefield conservation area’s 18th-century canal system recalls the city’s days as a textile powerhouse, and visitors can trace this history at the interactive Museum of Science & Industry. The revitalised Salford Quays dockyards now house the Daniel Libeskind-designed Imperial War Museum North and the Lowry cultural centre.
Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council. The recorded history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium
Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, creating the Port of Manchester and linking the city to sea, 36 miles (58 km) to the west. Manchester fortunes declined after the Second World War, owing to deindustrialisation, but the IRA bombing in 1996 led to extensive investment and regeneration.
In 2014, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Manchester as a beta world city, the highest-ranked British city apart from London. Manchester is the third-most visited city in the UK. Manchester is notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links, scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and transport connections. Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first inter-city passenger railway station and in the city scientists first split the atom and developed the stored-program computer.
Manchester is well known for being a city of sport. Two Premier League football clubs bear the city name – Manchester United and Manchester City. Manchester United play its home games at Old Trafford, in the neighbouring Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, the largest club football ground in the United Kingdom. Manchester City's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium (also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship purposes); its former ground, Maine Road was demolished in 2003.
Alot to see in ( Manchester - UK ) such as :
Museum of Science and Industry
John Rylands Library
National Football Museum
Manchester Art Gallery
People's History Museum
Manchester Museum
Manchester Town Hall
Imperial War Museum North
Albert Square, Manchester
Heaton Park
Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden
Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
The Hidden Gem
Whitworth Art Gallery
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Opera House
Old Trafford
Mamucium
Beetham Tower
Cornerhouse
Manchester Jewish Museum
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art
84 Plymouth Grove
Alan Turing Memorial
Moses Gate Country Park
Clayton Hall
Debdale Park
The Lowry
Sealife Manchester
Platt Fields Park
Salford Quays
Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester
Wythenshawe Park
Reddish Vale
Alexandra Park, Manchester
Chetham's Library
Bruntwood Park
Manchester United Museum & Stadium Tour
Clayton Vale
Stamford Park
Daisy Nook
Manchester Arndale
Victoria Baths
Manchester235
Bramall Hall
Longford Park
Woodbank, Stockport
Boggart Hole Clough
Genting Casino Manchester
Peel Park, Salford
( Manchester - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Manchester . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Manchester - UK
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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.
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Cultural Bridge Quarter Croydon - Aerial HD Footage
Cultural Bridge Quarter Croydon and the surrounding area.
We have a large library of high quality HD aerial footage of London, which includes wider coverage of the city, specific areas (such as Canary Wharf, the City, etc) and focused shots of specific landmarks and iconic features of the city (London Eye, London Bridge, etc).
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Olga Show at Italian American Heritage Foundation/IAHF, San Jose, California, USA
Olga Show visited many times interesting events at Italian American Heritage Foundation/IAHF, San Jose, California, USA: opera nights, Flag raising events, fundraising events, family dinners: Olga Show interviewed Ken Borelli, President IAHF for 4 years!
SINGAPORE CHRONICLES EP. 1: Intro
From September 2013 to February 2014 I was living in Singapore whilst on a co-op work placement. Many things happened there. These are some of them.
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Contemporary Ranch Home
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Over 3 acres of gently sloping land abuts 64 beautiful acres of recreation land, all at the end of a quiet hill top cul-de-sac. The contemporary ranch style home offers 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, a kitchen open to a fireplaced family room, a library with built-in shelving and a fireplace, and a laundry room on the main level. Southwest facing sliders open to a large stone deck or to the back yard from virtually every room. The basement is partially finished and has access to the four car garage (tandem 2+2).
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Law of the Land | Raffles’ Regulations (1823)
Organised by the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) and the National Library Board (NLB), “Law of the Land: Highlights of Singapore’s Constitutional Documents” explores the history of Singapore’s constitutional development from a British settlement in 1819 to its emergence as a sovereign republic in 1965.
It presents a selection of 23 rare documents from the NAS and NLB's collections, each capturing a key moment in Singapore's legal history and journey to independence.
Visit National Gallery Singapore and view these historical documents in person at the Chief Justice’s Chamber and Office, Level 3, Supreme Court Wing. Admission is free.
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HUD Secretary Ben Carson visits new EnVision Center: June 19, 2018
Geoffrey C. Ward, Leon Levy Annual Lecture, Sept. 27, 2018
Geoffrey C. Ward delivers 11th Annual Leon Levy Lecture, The Biographer's Dilemma: Searching for the Known and the Unknowable
Railway Coaches Return to Station Yard, Bellingham, Northumberland. Part 1
This video, by Neil Denham of Bellingham, shows the arrival of a Mk 1 railway coach at the Heritage Centre at Bellingham on Wednesday 13 April 2011. The coach has made the long journey by road from Okehampton in Devon via Ferrybridge in N. Yorkshire. A second coach will follow later. These coaches will be refurbished and refitted for use as, respectively, extra exhibition/learning space, and a tea-room. Work will be completed by the end of October 2011. The Heritage Centre's Wannie Line exhibition will be available semi-permanently on display in the exhibition coach. Funding for this project has been received from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Northumberland Uplands LEADER Programme. The Heritage Group Bellingham is a registered charity, No. 1041300.
Driving Downtown - Philly's University 4K - USA
Driving Downtown Neighborhoods - University City - Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA - Episode 12
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University City is the easternmost part of West Philadelphia, and is situated directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City.
The University of Pennsylvania has long been the dominant institution in the area and was instrumental in coining the name University City as part of a 1950s urban-renewal and gentrification effort. Today, Drexel University and the University of the Sciences also call University City home.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia. Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and one of the nine original colonial colleges.
Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. The university coat of arms features a dolphin on the red chief, adopted directly from the Franklin family's own coat of arms. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple faculties (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution. It was also home to many other educational innovations. The first school of medicine in North America (Perelman School of Medicine, 1765), the first collegiate business school (Wharton School of Business, 1881) and the first student union building and organization (Houston Hall, 1896) were all born at Penn.
All of Penn's schools exhibit very high research activity. In fiscal year 2015, Penn's academic research budget was $851 million, involving more than 4,300 faculty, 1,100 postdoctoral fellows and 5,500 support staff/graduate assistants. Twenty-eight Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Penn. Over its history the university has also produced many distinguished alumni. These include 12 heads of state (including one U.S. president); three United States Supreme Court justices plus a number of state Supreme Court justices; founders of technology companies, international law firms, and global financial institutions; and university presidents. According to a 2014 study, 25 billionaires attended the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates, the most billionaires of any university at the undergraduate level. Penn's endowment, at $10.1 billion as of June 30, 2015, is the ninth-largest university endowment in the United States.
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most populous in the United States, with an estimated population in 2014 of 1,560,297. In the Northeastern United States, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valley, a metropolitan area home to 7.2 million people and the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.
The area's many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. With a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with several nationally prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and history, attracting over 39 million domestic tourists in 2013. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism. Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731), first hospital (1751) and medical school (1765), first Capitol (1777), first stock exchange (1790), first zoo (1874), and first business school (1881).[26] Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States.
Library of Congress Celebrates the Collection of Photographer Bob Adelman
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces the Library's acquisition of the entire Bob Adelman photographic archive. Adelman was a renowned documentary and news photographer who captured many historic events throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. She is joined by United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Ann Beattie, novelist and short story writer, Verna Curtis, curator of photography, and James Estrin, editor of the New York Times' Lens blog.
Top 10 Best Places to Visit in Singapore
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Top 10 Best Places to Visit in Singapore.
At this point, I trust everybody ought to have heard that Singapore was a dull angling town ever. In 1965, Singapore abruptly got itself a free state as it was requested that leave by different states after racial and political strains prompted riots in the between Chinese and Malays. With no characteristic assets and couple of commercial ventures, Singapore went from quality to monetary quality, adding to its port offices, budgetary administrations, IT industry and refineries, building swathes of streets, open lodging and healing facilities. Even still, there are plenty of places to visit in Singapore today.
Individuals had now thought that it was difficult to monitor the progressions Singapore had, particularly in tourism industry. So Singapore pumped various shots of adrenaline in this industry by having Formula One Night Race, Arts and Musical scenes from universal acts and working on incorporated resorts and clubhouse. Along these lines, be it a stopover or only a getaway, you need to see the main 10 attractions in Singapore.
10. Raffles Hotel
9. The Singapore River
8. The Singapore Flyer
7. Marina Bay Sands
6. Gardens by the Bay
5. Esplanade Park
4. Sentosa
3. Singapore Botanic Garden
2. Singapore Zoo and River Safari
1. Jurong Bird Park
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Boston College 2019 Commencement
Boston College's 143rd Commencement Exercises celebrated the graduating class of 2019. They took place on May 20, 2019 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Isabel Capeloa Gil, the first female president of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, gave the Commencement address. To learn more visit
How to Open Locked Drawers in Antique Furniture : Antique Furniture Care
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West Coast Express Northampton to Euston LM Class 350 (Part 2)
Part 2 of my journey between Northampton and London Euston, enjoy!
William Ewart Gladstone | Wikipedia audio article
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- Socrates
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William Ewart Gladstone, (; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served for twelve years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times.
Gladstone was born in Liverpool to Scottish parents. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments, and in 1846 joined the breakaway Peelite faction, which eventually merged into the new Liberal Party in 1859. He was Chancellor under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855), Lord Palmerston (1859–1865), and Lord Russell (1865–1866). Gladstone's own political doctrine—which emphasised equality of opportunity, free trade, and laissez-faire economic policies—came to be known as Gladstonian liberalism. His popularity amongst the working-class earned him the sobriquet The People's William.
In 1868, Gladstone became Prime Minister for the first time. Many reforms were passed during his first ministry, including the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and the introduction of secret voting. After electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party; but from 1876 he began a comeback based on opposition to Turkey's reaction to the Bulgarian April Uprising. His Midlothian Campaign of 1879–80 was an early example of many modern political campaigning techniques. After the 1880 general election, Gladstone formed his second ministry (1880–1885), which saw the passage of the Third Reform Act as well as crises in Egypt (culminating in the Fall of Khartoum) and Ireland, where the government passed repressive measures but also improved the legal rights of Irish tenant farmers.
Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed home rule for Ireland but was defeated in the House of Commons. The resulting split in the Liberal Party helped keep them out of office—with one short break—for twenty years. Gladstone formed his last government in 1892, at the age of 82. The Second Home Rule Bill passed through the House of Commons but was defeated in the House of Lords in 1893. Gladstone left office in March 1894, aged 84, as both the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister and the only Prime Minister to have served four terms. He left parliament in 1895 and died three years later. Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as The People's William or the G.O.M. (Grand Old Man, or, according to his political rival Benjamin Disraeli, God's Only Mistake). Historians often call him one of the greatest leaders. A.J.P. Taylor has stated, William Ewart Gladstone was the greatest political figure of the nineteenth century. I do not mean by that that he was necessarily the greatest statesman, certainly not the most successful. What I mean is that he dominated the scene.
Robert Owen | Wikipedia audio article
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Robert Owen
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- Socrates
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Robert Owen (; 14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer, and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen is best known for his efforts to improve the working conditions of his factory workers and his promotion of experimental socialistic communities. In the early 1800s Owen became wealthy as an investor and eventual manager of a large textile mill at New Lanark, Scotland. (He initially trained as a draper in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and worked in London before relocating at the age of 18 to Manchester and going into business as a textile manufacturer.) In 1824 Owen travelled to America, where he invested the bulk of his fortune in an experimental socialistic community at New Harmony, Indiana, the preliminary model for Owen's utopian society. The experiment was short-lived, lasting about two years. Other Owenite utopian communities met a similar fate. In 1828 Owen returned to the United Kingdom and settled in London, where he continued to be an advocate for the working class. In addition to his leadership in the development of cooperatives and the trade union movement, he also supported passage of child labour laws and free, co-educational schools.