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This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.
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This beautiful Gothic and Tudor Revival style building was built in 1891 as a school for children of the granite workers in West Quincy; it ... -
The administration building is all that remains of Quincy City Hospital. It will be renovated and incorporated into a multi-family 465-unit...
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Squantum: always wanted to ask. Where does that name come from? I'm thinking Native American. Have heard it often over the years on WBZ.
You would be right thinking Native Americans, Birdman. It was the Algonquins who called the "Chapel" area of the peninsula, Musquantum. Legend has is it that Musquot and his squaw, Squanit taught the newcomers how to make shelter and plant crops to survive the harsh winters; it became a sacred place. Ironically the Natives did not survive the plague or the many attacks on their people. A few English settlers gradually took over the area; Musquantum became part of Dorchester town in 1630, and the name changed to "Squantum." That's today's history lesson ;-)
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