In 1976, Boston held its bicentennial celebration, Boston 200. The celebration included many events and publications about Boston during the American Revolution. However, Boston wanted to celebrate the City's entire history, so they also created programming about the history of Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The Mayor’s Office of the Bicentennial established the Boston 200 Corporation, a nonprofit agency, in 1972 to plan and conduct the celebration of the Bicentennial. Boston 200 ran from 1972 through 1976.
Neighborhood and Community programs explored and celebrated the histories of Boston’s neighborhoods and their residents. This program area consisted of neighborhood exhibits, booklets by residents, visible projects, and local preservation programs. This program included a collection of oral histories that were separated by neighborhood and became the Neighborhood History Series.
The series contains:
Black Bostonia
West Roxbury
Mission Hill
East Boston
Chinatown
Brighton
The Fenway
Hyde Park
The South End
Charlestown
In 1976, Boston held its bicentennial celebration, Boston 200. The celebration included many events and publications about Boston during the American Revolution. However, Boston wanted to celebrate the City's entire history, so they also created programming about the history of Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The Mayor’s Office of the Bicentennial established the Boston 200 Corporation, a nonprofit agency, in 1972 to plan and conduct the celebration of the Bicentennial. Boston 200 ran from 1972 through 1976.
Neighborhood and Community programs explored and celebrated the histories of Boston’s neighborhoods and their residents. This program area consisted of neighborhood exhibits, booklets by residents, visible projects, and local preservation programs. This program included a collection of oral histories that were separated by neighborhood and became the Neighborhood History Series.
The series contains:
Black Bostonia
West Roxbury
Mission Hill
East Boston
Chinatown
Brighton
The Fenway
Hyde Park
The South End
Charlestown
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