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Jubilee Days (episode 102)
Jubilee Days (episode 102)
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In 1869, an eccentric entrepreneur and musical visionary built one of the largest buildings in 19th Century Boston. It was a concert hall with twice the capacity of the modern TD garden, and it was built to house the largest musical spectacular the world had ever seen up to that point. It was the Boston Coliseum, built to house the Grand National Peace Jubilee celebrating the end of America’s Civil War.
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/102
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/102
Released:
Oct 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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