Category: History Posts

History Posts Quincy Granite
June 24, 2020

Solomon Willard: The Enigmatic Man Behind the Monument

“Willard and his work can seem a series of technical achievements by a remote figure. But Willard is worth another look. A main source of information is “Memoir of Solomon Willard”, an 1865 biography by William Wheildon, … . Wheildon provides enough detail about the man to tease out a picture of his personality and of the quite complicated story of his dedication to the Bunker Hill Monument.”

History Posts
April 28, 2020

Sacco and Vanzetti at 100: The Quincy Connections – Introduction

“For nearly all of the 100 years since 1920, the [Sacco and Vanzetti] case and its two principal figures have been objects of world-wide fame and controversy, the stuff of legend and fierce emotions. … Yet, for all its international attention and accumulated symbolic significance, the Sacco-Vanzetti case is in many respects a deeply local story.”