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Prescott Townsend, From the First World War to the First Pride Parade, with Megan Linger (episode 193)
Prescott Townsend, From the First World War to the First Pride Parade, with Megan Linger (episode 193)
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65 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2020
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Prescott Townsend was one of the most interesting figures in Boston’s LGBTQ history. He was the ultimate Boston Brahmin, coming of age at Harvard in the shadow of Teddy Roosevelt and enlisting in the Navy during World War I. He served time in prison after getting caught in a Beacon Hill tryst back when homosexuality was a crime in Boston, and spent decades as an activist, helping to found the gay liberation movement, and marched at the head of the nation’s first pride parade on the first anniversary of Stonewall. We’re also going to meet a researcher who has uncovered new information about Prescott Townsend as part of an effort to improve how the National Park Service interprets the LGBTQ history of Boston.
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/193
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Released:
Jul 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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