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Peace in Boston After the Civil War (episode 204)
Peace in Boston After the Civil War (episode 204)
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76 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2020
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Since last week’s show was about Boston’s 1851 Railroad Jubilee, which was an enormous celebration at a time when the nation was in the midst of a rush toward civil war, it seemed appropriate to discuss the Grand Peace Jubilee this week. Held in Boston in 1869, when the war was still a raw wound on the American psyche, the Peace Jubilee was a musical spectacular unlike anything the world had ever seen. Composer Patrick Gilmore hoped to bind the country together and help it heal… and if he happened to get rich in the process, that would just be icing on the cake. This week’s show also revisits another peacetime memory of the Civil War in Boston. In 1903, after the pain of the Civil War had dulled, Boston gathered at what is now the “General Hooker Entrance” to the State House to dedicate a statue to the highest ranking general from Massachusetts during the war.
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/204
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory
Vote for us as the "fan favorite" at the Boston Preservation Awards: https://www.bostonpreservation.org/fan-favorite
Released:
Sep 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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